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Allow

🔄 Synonyms of "Allow"

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
countenancenoun	Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
appropriateverb	Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
admitverb	(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
permitverb	(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
earmarkverb	(figurative) (finance) An act of designating certain funds to be used for a specific purpose; specifically (US, politics), a designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project.
give upverb	(transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
leaveverb	(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
allow forverb	(transitive) To make possible; to allow.
letverb	(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
set asideverb	(transitive) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
take into accountverb	(idiomatic) To consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in.
provide for	—
grantnoun	(ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
reservenoun	(transitive, ditransitive) To book in advance; to make a reservation for.

↔️ Antonyms of "Allow"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
refuseverb	(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
keepverb	(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
preventverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
denyverb	(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
forbidverb	(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
proscribeverb	(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
prohibitverb	(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
vetonoun	A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
interdictnoun	(transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
disallowverb	To refuse to allow.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Allow"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
admitverb	(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
permitverb	(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
allow forverb	(transitive) To make possible; to allow.
grantverb	(ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
appropriateverb	(transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
take into accountverb	(idiomatic) To consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in.
reserveverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To book in advance; to make a reservation for.
set asideverb	(transitive) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
letverb	(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
give upverb	(transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
leaveverb	(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
countenanceverb	(transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
earmarkverb	(figurative) To designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose; to allocate.
provide forverb	—
permittingverb	Used in an absolute clause to indicate that the statement modified by the clause (typically an expression of intent) will only be fulfilled if not impeded by the noun.
authorized	Explicitly allowed.
permittedverb	Allowed, authorized.
empowerverb	(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
acceptverb	(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
authorizeverb	(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.