| Main Entry: | admittance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission to enter |
Synonyms: |
access, entrance, entry, entrée, ingress, pass, passage, reception |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization |
| Main Entry: | access |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admission, means of entry, approach |
Synonyms: |
admittance, approach, avenue, connection, contact, course, door, entrance, entree, entry, in, ingress, introduction, key, open arms, open door, passage, path, road, route, way |
Antonyms: |
egress, outlet |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entering or allowing entry |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, access, admittance, certification, confirmation, designation, door, entrance, entree, ingress, initiation, introduction, permission, reception, recognition, way, welcome |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession |
Antonyms: |
denial, exclusion, expulsion, refusal |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confession or acknowledgment |
Synonyms: |
accession, admittance, affidavit, affirmation, allowance, assent, assertion, attestation, averment, avowal, concession, confirmation, declaration, deposition, disclosure, divulgence, profession, revelation, statement, testimonial, testimony |
Antonyms: |
denial, disallowance, refusal, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | entrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming into a place; introduction |
Synonyms: |
access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, appearance, approach, arrival, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enlistment, enrollment, entry, entrée, immigration, import, importation, inception, incoming, ingoing, ingress, ingression, initiation, invasion, outset, passage, penetration, progress, start, trespass |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, departure, exit, leave |
| Main Entry: | entry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction; permission to enter |
Synonyms: |
access, adit, admission, admittance, appearance, coming in, entering, entrance, entrée, free passage, ingress, initiation, introgression, way |
Antonyms: |
blackballing, conclusion, refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | hearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opportunity to present views, knowledge, or skill |
Synonyms: |
admittance, attendance, attention, audience, audit, audition, chance, conference, congress, consultation, council, discussion, inquiry, interview, investigation, meeting, negotiation, notice, parley, performance, presentation, reception, review, test, trial, tryout |
| Main Entry: | inclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition |
Synonyms: |
admittance, composition, comprisal, embodiment, embracement, encompassment, formation, incorporation, insertion, involvement, subsumption |
Antonyms: |
exclusion, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | introduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something new; something that begins |
Synonyms: |
addition, admittance, awakening, baptism, basic principles, basic text, beginning, commencement, debut, essentials, establishment, exordium, first acquaintance, first taste, foreword, hornbook, inauguration, inception, induction, influx, ingress, initiation, insertion, installation, institution, interpolation, intro, launch, lead, lead-in, opening, opening remarks, overture, pioneering, preamble, preface, preliminaries, prelude, presentation, primer, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, survey |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | permit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization |
Synonyms: |
admittance, allowance, charter, concession, consent, empowering, favor, franchise, go-ahead, grant, green light, indulgence, leave, legalization, liberty, license, pass, passport, patent, permission, privilege, safe-conduct, sanction, sufferance, toleration, visa, warrant |
Antonyms: |
grounding, prohibition |