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Let

🔄 Synonyms of "Let"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
countenancenoun	Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
haveverb	(transitive) To possess, own.
allowverb	(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
rentnoun	A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
getverb	(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
permitverb	(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
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.
net ballnoun	Dated form of netball. [(uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.]
leasenoun	(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

↔️ Antonyms of "Let"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
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).
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 "Let"

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

Word	Definition
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.
getverb	(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
permitverb	(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
allowverb	(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
haveverb	(transitive) To possess, own.
countenanceverb	(transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
rentverb	(transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
leaseverb	(transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
net ballnoun	Dated form of netball. [(uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.]
waitverb	(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
quitverb	(transitive) To leave (a place).
ceaseverb	(formal, intransitive) To stop.
stayverb	(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
abandonverb	(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
stopverb	(intransitive) To cease moving.
keepverb	(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
releaseverb	(transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
excuseverb	(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
comeverb	To move toward the speaker.