Definition for Permissive:

• Not hindering; granting liberty; suffered without hindrance; allowing by statute, but not enforcing.

Synonyms for Permissive:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • permissive.
  •authorized (adjective)
  • approved,
  • licensed,
  • permitted.
  •broad (adjective)
  • openminded,
  • wide,
  • open minded,
  • un-biased,
  • un biased.
  •broad-minded (adjective)
  • more free-thinking,
  • un bigoted,
  • un-prejudiced,
  • more free thinking,
  • more undogmatic,
  • free thinking,
  • most unbigoted,
  • dis-passionate,
  • un-bigoted,
  • more unbigoted,
  • dis passionate,
  • most free-thinking,
  • un dogmatic,
  • broad minded,
  • un prejudiced,
  • more freethinking,
  • un-dogmatic,
  • most undogmatic,
  • most freethinking,
  • most free thinking.
  •consenting (adjective)
  • Permitting.
  •hands-off (adjective)
  • handsoff.
  •permitting (adjective)
  • Tolerating.
  •slack (adjective)
  • slow-moving,
  • asleep on the job,
  • behindhand,
  • asleep on job,
  • easy going,
  • easy-going,
  • not busy.
  •soft (adjective)
  • Tender-hearted,
  • overindulgent,
  • softer,
  • undemanding.
  •tolerant (adjective)
  • longsuffering,
  • free easy,
  • long suffering,
  • most excusing,
  • more excusing.

• n.

  •
  • light touch,
  • brotherly,
  • exploitative,
  • ingratiating,
  • abusive,
  • nurturance,
  • conveyor belt,
  • demeaning.
  •admitting of (noun)
  • admitting of.
  •allowing of (noun)
  • allowing of.
  •bailable (noun)
  • bailable.
  •permissive (noun)
  • lax,
  • lenient,
  • permitting of.

• v.

  •permitting (verb)
  • agreeable.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • broad,
  • broad-minded,
  • enabling,
  • free-thinking,
  • freethinking,
  • humanistic,
  • indulgent,
  • liberalistic,
  • libertarian,
  • slack,
  • soft,
  • tolerant,
  • unbigoted,
  • undogmatic,
  • hands-off,
  • Soft-shelled,
  • broadminded,
  • able to live with,
  • easy on,
  • easy with,
  • going easy on,
  • hands off,
  • over-permissive,
  • overpermissive.
  •n.
  • autonomous,
  • autonomy,
  • bird,
  • carte blanche,
  • elbow room,
  • emancipated,
  • emancipation,
  • empower,
  • empowerment,
  • escaped,
  • exempt,
  • fancy-free,
  • feel,
  • free,
  • free agent,
  • free spirit,
  • free will,
  • freedom,
  • freely,
  • freewheeling,
  • hold,
  • independence,
  • independent,
  • indie,
  • latitude,
  • law,
  • leave,
  • leeway,
  • let,
  • liberate,
  • liberated,
  • liberating,
  • liberation,
  • liberty,
  • licence,
  • live,
  • master,
  • maverick,
  • own,
  • paddle,
  • permissiveness,
  • rein,
  • room,
  • self-imposed,
  • thing,
  • think,
  • unaccountable,
  • unencumbered,
  • unfettered,
  • unimpeded,
  • untrammelled,
  • voluntary,
  • volunteer,
  • way,
  • will,
  • world,
  • Lib,
  • wiggle room,
  • free hand,
  • me time,
  • self-inflicted,
  • free-form,
  • free country,
  • no holds barred,
  • think for yourself.

Paraphrases for Permissive:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    tolerant.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    conducive, favourable, permissible, facultative, discretionary, favorable, optional, positive, permitted, relaxed, allowable, elective, voluntary, loose.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    lax, lenient, propitious, supportive, liberal.

Antonyms for Permissive:

• adj.

  • all
    preventive, unpermissive.
  • lenient
    intolerant, mean, strict.
  • Other antonyms:
    blockading, hindering, thwarting.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    concentrated, hard, hardened, loud, nonindulgent.

Permissive Sentence Examples:

• The Permissive Bill was asked for by an energetic teetotaller; and others, even in these Tory quarters, suggested the ballot.