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allowed - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit; acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | acquiesce, avow, concede, confess, grant, let on, own |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit an action |
| Synonyms: | accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, hear of, indulge, let, license, oblige, okay, pass, recognize, release, sanction, stand, suffer, support, tolerate, warrant, be big, be game for, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hold with, live with, pass on, put up with, sit still for, take kindly to |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set aside |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deduct, give, grant, lot, mete, provide, remit, spare, admeasure |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | accepted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generally agreed upon |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, acknowledged, approved, authorized, chosen, confirmed, conventional, current, customary, endorsed, established, fashionable, in vogue, kosher*, normal, orthodox, popular, preferred, received, recognized, regular, sanctioned, standard, straight*, time-honored, universal, unopposed, usual, welcomed, allowed, arrived at, card-carrying, credited, legit, okayed, passed, touted |
| Antonyms: | irregular, questionable, unconventional, unorthodox |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admissible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able or deserving of consideration; allowable |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, applicable, appropriate, fair, fitting, just, justifiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, likely, logical, okay, passable, permissible, permitted, pertinent, possible, probable, proper, rational, reasonable, relevant, right, suitable, tolerable, warranted, worthy, allowed, concedable, not impossible, not unlikely, tolerated |
| Antonyms: | illegitimate, inadmissible, inapplicable, irrelevant, unfair, unjust, unsuitable, wrong |
| Main Entry: | immune |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | invulnerable |
| Synonyms: | clear, exempt, favored, free, irresponsible, licensed, privileged, protected, resistant, safe, unaffected, allowed, hardened to, insusceptible, not affected, not liable, not subject, unanswerable, unliable, unsusceptible |
| Antonyms: | susceptible, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | legal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | allowable, permissible |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, authorized, clean*, constitutional, due, enforced, fair, forensic, granted, innocent, judicial, just, justifiable, lawful, legitimate, licit, on the level*, ordained, prescribed, proper, protected, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, statutory, straight, valid, warranted, allowed, card-carrying, chartered, condign, contractual, decreed, enforcible, enjoined, judged, juridical, justified, legalized, legit, on the up and up, passed, precedented, sure enough, within the law |
| Notes: | lawful means allowed by law while legal means of or relating to or concerned with law |
| Antonyms: | illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sanctioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authorized |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accredited, approved, confirmed, licensed, permitted, warranted, allowed, empowered, okayed |
| Main Entry: | unrestricted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | able, allowed, at liberty, free-spirited, independent, lax, liberal, liberated, on one's own, open, relaxed, unbounded, uncommitted, unconditional, unconstrained, unlimited, unregulated |
| Main Entry: | approved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certified |
| Synonyms: | OK'd, accepted, affirmed, allowed, authorized, backed, certain, chosen, endorsed, legalized, made official, passed, permitted, proven, ratified, recognized, sanctioned, supported, validated, vouched for |
| Antonyms: | disapproved, refused, uncertain |
| Main Entry: | licensed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authorized |
| Synonyms: | accredited, approved, permitted, allowed, certified |
| Main Entry: | permitted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | granted |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, allowable, approved, authorized, favored, let, licensed, okay, sanctioned, accorded, allowed, chartered, conceded, consented, legalized, tolerated |
| Antonyms: | prohibited, refused, unacceptable, denied |
| Main Entry: | recognized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acknowledged |
| Synonyms: | accepted, caught, customary, known, perceived, realized, recalled, remembered, sanctioned, sighted, admitted, allowed, identified |
| Main Entry: | warranted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authorized |
| Synonyms: | allowable, assured, guaranteed, sanctioned, allowed, certified, justified, secured |
| Antonyms: | unjustified, unwarranted |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrestrained personally |
| Synonyms: | able, allowed, at large, at liberty, casual, clear, disengaged, easy, escaped, familiar, fancy-free*, footloose*, forward, frank, free-spirited, free-wheeling, independent, informal, lax, liberal, liberated, loose, off the hook, on one's own, on the loose, open, permitted, relaxed, unattached, uncommitted, unconfined, unconstrained, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unimpeded, unobstructed, unregulated, unrestricted, untrammeled |
| Antonyms: | bound, confined, hindered, limited, restrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree or consent |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquiesce, admit, allow, assent, comply, concede, concur, cooperate, cry uncle*, endorse, enter into, fold, grant, let, okay, permit, play ball*, subscribe, yield, be game for, cave in*, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, roll over and play dead, throw in the towel |
| Antonyms: | condemn, demur, denounce, denounce, deny, protest, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accord |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give approval, grant |
| Synonyms: | accede, acquiesce, admit, allow, award, bestow, concede, confer, endow, give, present, render, tender, vouchsafe |
| Antonyms: | argue, challenge, deny, disallow, disapprove, oppose, question, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally recognize authority |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, acquiesce, agree, allow, approve, certify, defend, endorse, grant, own, ratify, recognize, support, uphold, yield, attest to, defer to, subscribe to, take an oath |
| Antonyms: | forswear, ignore, refuse, renounce, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit truth or reality of something |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, acquiesce, allow, avow, come clean*, concede, confess, cop a plea, crack*, declare, grant, let on*, own, profess, recognize, yield, come out of closet, fess up, get off chest, open up |
| Antonyms: | abjure, contradict, disavow, renounce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acquiesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree with some reluctance |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, allow, approve, buy, come across, comply, concur, conform, consent, cry uncle*, cut a deal*, ditto*, give in, jibe*, okay, pass, play ball*, reconcile, set, submit, subscribe, yes, yield, bow to, cave in*, come around, give out, go along, roll over and play dead, say uncle, shake on |
| Antonyms: | disagree, dissent, object, protest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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