Synonyms of countenanced

countenanced 1 of 2

adjective

as in condoned

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• prohibited
• forbidden
• barred
• impermissible
• taboo
• unacceptable
• proscribed
• outlawed
• intolerable
• interdicted
• unbearable
• unlawful
• illegal
• unendurable
• improper
• banned
• inappropriate
• unauthorized
• verboten
• illicit
• 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
• applauded
• held with
• enjoyed
• liked
• went for
• cared (for)
• praised
• sustained
• recommended
• upheld
• saluted
• took kindly to
• lauded
• 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
• brooked
• bore
• wore
• abided
• stood for
• hacked
• pocketed
• stuck out
• lumped (it)
• permitted
• suffered
• lived with
• bode
• went
• allowed
• 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
• bypassed
• circumvented
• dodged
• refrained (from)
• forbore
• abstained (from)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of countenanced

Verb

The postwar constitutions of France and Italy explicitly countenanced a future global body that would trump their own sovereignty. — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

The idea is floated that Alice married Hagood because her churchgoing parents would not have countenanced her going to Paris any other way; then again, photographs of him present a man of striking good looks. — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026