What is another word for allow?
977 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐlˈa͡ʊ], [ ɐlˈaʊ], [ ɐ_l_ˈaʊ]Table of Contents
Similar words for allow:- allow (noun)
- allow for (noun)
- admit; acknowledge (verb)
- allot (verb)
- compromise (verb)
- consent (verb)
- enable (verb)
- give (verb)
- permit (verb)
- permit an action (verb)
- portion (verb)
- qualify (verb)
- set aside (verb)
- social (verb)
- afford
- agree
- authorize
- consent
- decriminalize
- discount
- empower
- endure
- give
- harmonize
- leave
- legalize
- permit
- produce
- spell
- other relevant words
- other synonyms
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Definition for Allow:
- give permission; " She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; " I won't let the police search her basement"; " I cannot allow you to see your exam"
Synonyms for Allow:
n.
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- put up with,
- let on,
- favor,
- go along with,
- humor,
- entitle,
- come clean,
- profess,
- accredit,
- hear of,
- stand for,
- privilege,
- indulge,
- certify,
- gratify,
- blink at,
- warrant,
- oblige.
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- admeasure,
- measure out,
- lot.
v.
•admit; acknowledge (verb) •allot (verb)- divide,
- partition,
- budget,
- ration,
- assign,
- parcel,
- apportion,
- allocate,
- earmark,
- distribute,
- deal,
- set,
- slice,
- allot,
- share,
- split,
- segment,
- dispense,
- cut,
- portion,
- Mete,
- measure,
- give.
- expend,
- award,
- attribute,
- render,
- bequeath,
- present,
- lavish,
- devote,
- pay,
- shower,
- serve,
- furnish,
- deliver,
- submit,
- bestow,
- dole,
- grant,
- supply,
- fund,
- help,
- impart,
- pledge,
- offer,
- extend,
- contribute,
- disburse,
- send,
- provide,
- ascribe,
- endow,
- donate,
- lend,
- assist,
- tender,
- consign.
- oblige,
- let,
- release,
- give leave,
- sanction,
- approve,
- support,
- pass,
- give permission,
- stand,
- put up with,
- suffer,
- authorize,
- favor,
- endure,
- okay,
- tolerate,
- be game for,
- give a blank check,
- pass on,
- sit still for,
- be big,
- empower,
- recognize,
- go along with,
- warrant,
- hold with,
- accord,
- give the green light,
- indulge,
- hear of,
- license,
- certify,
- give carte blanche,
- commission,
- endorse,
- brook,
- admit,
- give the go-ahead,
- bear,
- take kindly to,
- grant permission,
- live with,
- accredit,
- consent.
Other synonyms:
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- interdiction,
- cross examine,
- deterrence,
- plead,
- approbate,
- Forfend,
- let on,
- agree to,
- try,
- nonappearance,
- impermissible,
- fess up,
- sue,
- assume,
- arraign,
- defend,
- encourage,
- preclusive,
- stand-down,
- determent,
- put aside,
- cough up,
- admeasure,
- preclusion,
- profess.
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- intercept,
- depose,
- allowable,
- preventive,
- petition,
- balk,
- avow,
- permissible,
- repulse,
- disallow,
- remit,
- frustrate,
- proscribe,
- uphold,
- seek,
- permission,
- remand,
- prophylactic,
- sworn,
- fend,
- interdict,
- appeal,
- endorsement,
- stymie,
- sustain,
- approval,
- entitle,
- subpoena,
- open up,
- overturn,
- hand over,
- unlock,
- obviate,
- taboo,
- authorization,
- deterrent.
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- own,
- prohibit,
- admissible,
- competent,
- allowance,
- approbation,
- validate,
- prohibition,
- repel,
- walk,
- protective,
- parry,
- foil,
- stump.
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- carry.
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- clear.
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- lot.
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- go.
- institute,
- swallow,
- legitimize,
- neglect,
- potentially,
- communicate,
- exonerate,
- make allowance,
- pass,
- come over,
- construct,
- let in,
- enjoin,
- set free,
- give in to,
- arrogant,
- connive at,
- realize,
- give power,
- avow,
- state,
- assume,
- face,
- free,
- administer,
- shut eyes to,
- leave alone,
- inhibit,
- slip,
- depreciate,
- excuse,
- depute,
- articulate,
- empathize,
- put faith in,
- deal out,
- approve of,
- fancy,
- go,
- commiserate,
- abide,
- decriminalize,
- oblige,
- deduce,
- enduring,
- agnize,
- agree to,
- lot,
- admissible,
- uphold,
- assert,
- let on,
- proscribe,
- ignore,
- cop a plea,
- count,
- discontinue,
- bear,
- sustain,
- believe,
- confront,
- rise,
- gift with,
- take into consideration,
- issue,
- modest,
- rationalize,
- defer,
- apply,
- keep,
- own,
- shell out,
- suspicion,
- acquiescence,
- avouch,
- dispensation,
- introduce,
- home,
- tell the truth,
- rent,
- concession,
- modulate,
- maintain,
- forgo,
- call for,
- induce,
- result in,
- give carte blanche,
- legitimate,
- stymie,
- heap,
- applaud,
- allowance,
- think,
- put aside,
- underwrite,
- enforce,
- due,
- to,
- disregard,
- infract,
- infer,
- not oppose,
- launch,
- charter,
- shake hands,
- proclaim,
- make concession for,
- remand,
- dream,
- buy,
- give to,
- reflect,
- have,
- fork out,
- wink at,
- abandon,
- acknowledge,
- dole out,
- nonappearance,
- relax,
- allow for,
- give way,
- surmise,
- justify,
- approval,
- understand,
- absolve,
- deterrent,
- hold,
- pour,
- about,
- fitting,
- petition,
- allege,
- dampen,
- fend,
- come clean,
- vindicate,
- intercept,
- arraign,
- live with,
- reprieve,
- expect,
- lump it,
- let go,
- grant permission,
- pull up stakes,
- concord,
- give out,
- take it,
- endure,
- adjudge,
- esteem,
- abide by,
- authorisation,
- explain,
- admit,
- show,
- trusting,
- blink at,
- capture,
- give ground,
- stop,
- recognise,
- approbate,
- suspect,
- suppose,
- stand,
- adequacy,
- forgive,
- perceive,
- prophylactic,
- sufficiency,
- close with,
- waive,
- abode,
- support,
- open,
- entrust,
- hand over,
- maybe,
- plight,
- indulge,
- spit it out,
- meditate,
- forgive and forget,
- pawn,
- sue,
- make eligible,
- comply,
- ok,
- transmit,
- sworn,
- confirm,
- unlock,
- confess,
- say yes,
- cede,
- gloss over,
- pass over,
- think of,
- take on trust,
- discount,
- tax,
- air,
- agreeable,
- entertain,
- depose,
- rebate,
- bring,
- Licensing,
- transgress,
- take on,
- prove,
- remit,
- protective,
- take into account,
- accede,
- provide for,
- hand in,
- channel,
- suffer,
- sit still for,
- gage,
- impermissible,
- part with,
- second,
- step aside,
- fit,
- plead,
- duty,
- turn inside out,
- form an opinion,
- wager,
- be inactive,
- lofty,
- bear with,
- repute,
- possibly,
- necessitate,
- gather,
- take kindly to,
- durable,
- decorous,
- respect,
- rain,
- frustrate,
- trust,
- ward,
- account,
- harbour,
- add,
- spare,
- say,
- go away,
- give consent,
- conquer,
- brook,
- provisions,
- deduct,
- encourage,
- mislay,
- build,
- make allowance for,
- susceptible,
- bate,
- authorization,
- carry,
- allowable,
- stomach,
- office,
- throw overboard,
- profess,
- conceive,
- refund,
- appearance,
- permission,
- lose,
- divine,
- miss,
- legislate,
- okay,
- interdict,
- promise,
- be inclined to think,
- renounce,
- forfeit,
- opportunity,
- retain,
- digest,
- calculate,
- surrender,
- accredit,
- book,
- Allowing,
- express,
- editorialize,
- lump,
- reduce,
- see,
- repulse,
- subpoena,
- endorsement,
- advocate,
- take for,
- be game for,
- presume,
- permissible,
- opine,
- palliate,
- function,
- apt,
- legitimatize,
- make allowances,
- spill,
- can,
- give over,
- why,
- admit defeat,
- seize,
- prohibit,
- foil,
- result,
- hear of,
- clearing,
- nonetheless,
- proffer,
- own up,
- cough up,
- take over,
- mete out,
- foster,
- go along with,
- lead,
- taboo,
- undergo,
- take,
- gratify,
- relinquish,
- mandate,
- show compassion,
- accord,
- third-party,
- snow,
- take account of,
- deed over,
- give in,
- forget,
- stand-down,
- how,
- handpick,
- cross examine,
- be without,
- intend,
- take for granted,
- credit,
- decent,
- find,
- plead guilty,
- sympathize,
- be in sympathy,
- deem,
- be afraid,
- favor,
- confer,
- abate,
- forego,
- rubber stamp,
- ought to,
- put up with,
- out with it,
- express an opinion,
- countenance,
- let slip,
- conclude,
- eloquent,
- appeal,
- give the green light,
- abiding,
- exalted,
- curb,
- hand out,
- parry,
- fall in with,
- obviate,
- appropriate,
- pine,
- pardon,
- waste time,
- seek,
- validate,
- suspend,
- imagine,
- proper,
- include,
- tell all,
- exculpate,
- estimate,
- walk,
- admeasure,
- give permission,
- spoil,
- try,
- let pass,
- dispense with,
- appreciate,
- reckon,
- be big,
- open up,
- subtract,
- be aware of,
- business,
- permissive,
- adjudicate,
- clear,
- dish out,
- preventive,
- stick,
- assurance,
- subscribe,
- however,
- glib,
- forget about,
- yield,
- give the word,
- withstand,
- stand for,
- advance,
- balk,
- let by,
- interdiction,
- subscribe to,
- fall for,
- abundance,
- recognize,
- direct,
- go forth,
- stump,
- let ride,
- transfer,
- avert,
- call,
- certify,
- kick back,
- assent to,
- experience,
- breach,
- say the word,
- agree,
- agreement,
- afford,
- face up to,
- feel,
- consider,
- measure out,
- regard,
- competent,
- part,
- suitable,
- humor,
- Forfend,
- propose,
- resign oneself to,
- give away,
- vouchsafe,
- authorise,
- warrant,
- delegate,
- no matter who,
- so,
- resign,
- loan,
- break,
- determent,
- spell,
- overturn,
- embrace,
- come round,
- reckon with,
- yet,
- lay off,
- give a blank check,
- verify,
- give leave,
- judge,
- in order that,
- privilege,
- right,
- leave,
- pass on,
- make possible,
- privileged,
- defeat,
- overlook,
- affluence,
- repel,
- defend,
- let have,
- cross,
- give into,
- complacent,
- notarize,
- entitle,
- apologize for,
- letting,
- take off,
- Permitting,
- hold with,
- preclusion,
- turn over,
- fess up,
- humour,
- gift,
- drop out,
- withal,
- convey,
- prohibition,
- approbation,
- nevertheless,
- own up to,
- deterrence,
- give up,
- be responsible for,
- legalize,
- back,
- bond,
- will,
- perhaps,
- charge,
- franchise,
- position,
- make,
- be able to,
- disdainful,
- sufferance,
- need,
- comply with,
- whereby,
- extenuate,
- make over,
- haughty,
- contemplate,
- give the go-ahead,
- get out,
- perchance,
- liberate,
- make allowances for,
- accession,
- consent to,
- write off,
- depart,
- proud,
- preclusive,
- trustful,
- receive.
Antonyms for Allow:
n.
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allow for
discount.
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allow for
Other antonyms:
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n. t.
abnegate, appropriate, arrogate, avoid, ban, bar, begrudge, block, censure, check, coax, conceal, confiscate, contribute, cover, curb, deplore, deprive, detain, deter, disagree, disagree with, disbelieve, discount, discountenance, discourage, discredit, disfavor, dislike, dispute, dissent, distrust, doubt, eliminate, encourage, exclude, forestall, frown, frown on, frustrate, grudge, help, hide, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, interfere, kid, negative, obscure, obstruct, oppose, prohibition, promote, protest, rebuke, rebut, reject, repel, repress, resist, restrain, retain, revoke, rule out, stint, suppress, suspect, veil, withstand, cover up, interfere with, deprive of, frown at, kid oneself.
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n. t.
v.
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admit; acknowledge
refuse, dissent, disapprove, repudiate, disown, disallow, withstand, keep, deny, resist, prohibit, hold, dispute, disagree, disavow, reject, protest, forbid.
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set aside
take.
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Other antonyms:
dispute, suppress, block, question, kid, withstand, confiscate, distrust, suspect, hold back, frustrate, appropriate, deter, disbelieve, hinder, hide, conceal, mistrust, grudge, check, dislike, negative, retain, repress, interfere, doubt, discredit, begrudge, impede, obstruct, rebut, deprive, protest, discourage, revoke, curb, restrain, deplore, stint, arrogate, resist, discountenance, bar, frown, disfavor, cover, veil, obscure, ban, reject, censure.
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admit; acknowledge
