PERMIT Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

permit 1 of 2

verb

pər-ˈmit

Definition of permit

as in to allow

to give permission for or to approve of the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds

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as in to let

to give permission to you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass

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as in to enable

to make able or possible we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting

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as in to tolerate

to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion

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permit

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noun

as in patent

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Recent Examples of permit

Verb

Rotem said the program charges no seller fees, permitting participants to retain the full sale price of their merchandise. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026 Anyway, if a few major cities are permitted to enact public financing, all cities should be. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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Hartford has a leaf disposal system that includes raking to the curb and brown bag pick ups, as well as leaf bag drop off with a city permit. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 Several bills have been introduced to give cities direct authority to limit AV fleet sizes, restrict operating hours, or enact local permit bans within municipal limits. — Andrew Hawkins, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for permit

Recent Examples of Synonyms for permit

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Rather than requiring every country or operator to develop and maintain their own satellite network, the model would allow participants to integrate their systems with a broader infrastructure.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
This allows the system to identify actions that may appear harmless individually but become dangerous in context.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of allow

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Longtime collaborator Erik Blood foregrounds Butler’s dry drum machines in the mix, letting every other element shuffle around them, snaking toward the spotlight for a brief moment and retreating back into the brume.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
The deal lets Zuckerberg sell or transfer shares without losing his voting majority, preserving his control of Meta even if the measure passes.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of let

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Chinese clinical tools, medical devices, and enabling technologies are likely to become increasingly central, as well.

— Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
The vulnerability, called P2PShell, impacts a coding language that powers 70% of the world’s websites, enabling hackers to remotely execute code or gain access to information stored on servers.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of enable

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Other individuals simply need help learning to tolerate the discomfort of seeing trypophobic images.

— Gabriela Galvin, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
No more broken promises, rampant corruption, or tolerating an elite class living in luxury while the citizens are ignored.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of tolerate

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Haemanthus has reportedly raised as much as $20 million and holds at least one granted patent.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
The company is working to build a business beyond its Covid vaccine, while Merck is preparing for the eventual loss of patent protection on Keytruda.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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