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| 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: | 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 |
| Notes: | something (a quality) is in accord with something else; something acts in accordance with something else (an activity) |
| 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
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light*, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, grant, indicate, let, let on, narrate, number, own, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield, go into details, make known, open up, own up, subscribe to |
| Antonyms: | confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | afford |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | able to have or do; within financial means |
| Synonyms: | allow, bear, incur, manage, spare, stand, support, sustain, be able to, be disposed to, have enough for, have the means for |
| Main Entry: | agree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in unison, assent with another |
| Synonyms: | accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, allow, bury the hatchet*, check, comply, concede, concur, consent, cut a deal*, engage, grant, okay, permit, play ball*, recognize, set, settle, sign*, subscribe, yes*, be of the same mind, buy into, clinch the deal, come to terms, give blessing, give carte blanche, give green light, give the go-ahead, go along with, make a deal, pass on, see eye to eye, shake on, side with, take one up on |
| Antonyms: | contend, contradict, decline, disagree, dispute, dissent, oppose, protest, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set aside; allocate |
| Synonyms: | allot, allow, appoint, apportion, assign, budget, devote, disburse, earmark, reserve, set apart |
| Antonyms: | keep, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | assent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, allow, approve, buy, comply, concur, conform, consent, cut a deal*, defer, ditto*, embrace, espouse, give in, grant, knuckle under*, okay*, permit, recognize, sanction, subscribe, cave in*, give five, go along with, pass on, say uncle, shake on |
| Antonyms: | disagree, disallow, disapprove, dissent, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select and give a responsibility |
| Synonyms: | accredit, allow, appoint, ascribe, attach, attribute, authorize, cast, charge, choice, commission, commit, credit, delegate, deputize, designate, downlink, download, draft, elect, empower, enroll, entrust, hang on*, hire, impute, name, nominate, ordain, refer, reference, select, slot, tab, tag, hold responsible, pin on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | state; profess |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, affirm, allow, assert, aver, avouch, concede, confess, cross one's heart, declare, grant, maintain, own up, proclaim, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | censure, condemn, deny, disclaim, disown, dispute, renounce, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, admit, allow, brook, encounter, experience, permit, stomach, suffer, tolerate, undergo, put up with |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, shun |
| Main Entry: | brook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, accept |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, bear, countenance, go, hear of, sit tight*, stand, stomach, suffer, support, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand, be big, hang in, hang in there, live with, put up with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, surrender |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, accord, alien, alienate, allow, capitulate, communicate, concede, convey, deed, drop, fold*, give in*, grant, hand over*, leave, relinquish, renounce, resign, transfer, vouchsafe, waive, yield, abalienate, come across with, fork over, give up, make over, part with, remise, sign over, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel |
| Antonyms: | defend, fight, gain, guard, win, take over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reserve, commission |
| Synonyms: | allow, authorize, borrow, contract, employ, engage, hire, lease, let, license, permit, rent, sanction |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | concede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acknowledge, give in |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, admit, allow, avow, award, bury the hatchet*, capitulate, cede, confess, cry uncle*, ditto*, fold, grant, hand over, knuckle under, let on, own, quit, relinquish, surrender, waive, yield, cave in, fess up, give up, go along with, go with the flow, own up, play ball with, say uncle, throw in the towel, yes one |
| Antonyms: | contradict, disagree, dispute, dissent, fight, refuse, reject, repudiate, disacknowledge |
* = 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
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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