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Synonyms & Antonyms of allowing
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Synonyms & Near Synonyms for allowing
- allowance,
- authorization,
- clearance,
- consent,
- granting,
- leave,
- letting,
- license
- (or licence),
- licensing
- (also licencing),
- permission,
- permitting,
- sanction,
- sanctioning
- approbation,
- approval,
- blessing,
- endorsement
- (also indorsement),
- imprimatur,
- OK
- (or okay)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for allowing
allowing
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of allowing (Entry 2 of 2)
- flash photography is not allowed inside the church
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- a boarding school that does not allow students to go on weekend trips without written permission
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- only a lazy gardener would allow the weeds to grow that high
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- I'll allow I probably said more than I should have
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- allowed each camper one match to light his fire
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- a patient's canceled appointment allowed the doctor to squeeze in a few extra phone calls
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- he allowed that their new house looked very nice
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- people in these parts allow that everyone is entitled to one mistake in life, even if it's a doozy
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- I allow to go hunting before the season is over
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- aiming,
- aspiring,
- calculating,
- contemplating,
- designing,
- going
- [chiefly Southern & Midland],
- intending,
- looking,
- meaning,
- meditating,
- planning,
- proposing,
- purporting,
- purposing
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“Allowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowing. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.
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