Synonyms of countenanced

countenanced 1 of 2

adjective

as in condoned

Synonyms & Similar Words

• condoned
• sanctioned
• permitted
• supported
• promoted
• endorsed
• brooked
• granted
• appropriate
• lawful
• approved
• legitimate
• authorized
• encouraged
• vouchsafed
• accepted
• okay
• allowed
• commanded
• legal
• licensed
• accorded
• warranted
• acceptable
• accredited
• certified
• mandatory
• indorsed
• tolerated
• required
• OK
• ordered
• endurable
• bearable
• tolerable
• permissible
• suitable
• allowable
• unobjectionable
• permissive
• seemly
• proper
• sufferable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibited
• forbidden
• barred
• proscribed
• impermissible
• taboo
• unacceptable
• outlawed
• intolerable
• interdicted
• unbearable
• unlawful
• unendurable
• illegal
• improper
• banned
• inappropriate
• verboten
• unauthorized
• illicit
• tabu
• illegitimate
• unlicensed

countenanced

2 of 2

verb

past tense of countenance

1

as in accepted

to have a favorable opinion of

I don't countenance such behavior in children of any age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accepted
• tolerated
• favored
• subscribed (to)
• approved (of)
• supported
• okayed
• applauded
• held with
• liked
• went for
• cared (for)
• enjoyed
• sustained
• praised
• saluted
• upheld
• took kindly to
• lauded
• recommended
• endured
• acclaimed
• commended
• concurred (in)
• bore
• OK'd
• stood by
• backed (up)
• consented (to)
• assented (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• condemned
• denounced
• criticized
• frowned (on or upon)
• censured
• disapproved (of)
• discountenanced
• disparaged
• damned
• depreciated
• disliked
• opposed
• blacklisted
• hated
• deprecated
• reprobated
• detested
• minded
• reprehended
• loathed
• disfavored
• objected (to)
• dissented (from)

2

as in tolerated

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

countenanced the delays and inconveniences of traveling by air with good grace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerated
• accepted
• endured
• handled
• stood
• took
• sustained
• supported
• absorbed
• met
• stomached
• swallowed
• abided
• brooked
• bore
• wore
• stood for
• hacked
• pocketed
• stuck out
• lumped (it)
• suffered
• permitted
• lived with
• bode
• went
• allowed
• bided
• sweated out
• abode
• sweat out
• toughed it out
• acquiesced
• respected
• capitulated
• reconciled (to)
• submitted (to)
• yielded (to)
• agreed (with or to)
• consented (to)
• assented (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• dismissed
• rejected
• opposed
• repudiated
• declined
• resisted
• turned down
• fought
• avoided
• contested
• spurned
• escaped
• missed
• combated
• evaded
• eluded
• combatted
• bypassed
• circumvented
• dodged
• refrained (from)
• abstained (from)
• forbore