ADMITS (OF) Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

admits (of)

verb

present tense third-person singular of admit (of)

as in permits (of)

to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities your question does not admit of a simple "yes" or "no" answer

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justifies

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That’s precisely the work AI is best suited to automate, not the work that justifies a marketing department.

— Richard Freisberg, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
These are electric cars, which apparently justifies a vaguely techy-sounding alphanumeric assemblage.

— Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026

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