ALLOWED (OF) Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

allowed (of)

verb

past tense of allow (of)

as in permitted (of)

to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities I'm afraid the problem doesn't allow of any other solution

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Baryomunsi said Nigerian authorities had not provided all the information Uganda needed.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
And polls ahead of Tuesday’s Israeli elections show that his party may not win the seats needed to form a government.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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