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Permit

🔄 Synonyms of "Permit"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
countenancenoun	Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
allowverb	(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
permissionnoun	authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
letverb	(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
licensenoun	A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
trachinotus falcatusnoun	large game fish; found in waters of the west indies

↔️ Antonyms of "Permit"

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 "Permit"

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

Word	Definition
allowverb	(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
permissionverb	authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
licenseverb	A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
letverb	(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
countenanceverb	(transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
trachinotus falcatusnoun	large game fish; found in waters of the west indies
admitverb	(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
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.
authorizedverb	Explicitly allowed.
grantverb	(ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
authorizeverb	(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
acceptverb	(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
allowedverb	Permitted, authorized.
approvalnoun	An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
permissible	permitted.
ensureverb	(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
enablingnoun	An act or an instance of something being enabled.
enableverb	To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
approveverb	(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
authorizationnoun	(uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.