Synonyms of enabled

enabled

verb

past tense of enable

1

as in allowed

to make able or possible

my new glasses enable me to read the fine print

Synonyms & Similar Words

• allowed
• empowered
• permitted
• let
• prepared
• equipped
• approved
• qualified
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• fitted
• habilitated
• readied
• conditioned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prevented
• precluded
• inhibited
• prohibited
• enjoined
• disallowed
• forbade

2

as in empowered

to give official or legal power to

a law that would enable the authorities to inspect food preparation areas for health code violations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• empowered
• authorized
• qualified
• permitted
• allowed
• licensed
• commissioned
• entitled
• invested
• certified
• vested
• warranted
• chartered
• accredited
• approved
• installed
• confirmed
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• affirmed
• initiated
• validated
• let
• inducted
• inaugurated
• privileged
• cleared
• credentialed
• instated
• enfranchised
• swore in
• OK'd

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prevented
• excluded
• denied
• disqualified
• stopped
• hindered
• constrained
• disallowed
• inhibited
• blocked
• impeded
• discouraged
• banned
• obstructed
• barred
• prohibited
• shut out
• held back
• forbade
• enjoined
• proscribed
• outlawed
• vetoed
• disenfranchised
• disfranchised
• disbarred
• interdicted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enabled

This also enabled Laporta to improve his previously tense relationship with UEFA and its president, Aleksander Ceferin. — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Teams should trace root causes, fix the control failures that enabled the path, and retest to prove the attacker’s route is actually gone. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Without any further time with the iPhone Duo, no one appears to know whether the cases sold by Apple would require this feature to be enabled. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Our only recent point of reference for a 'flying' car is the BYD Yangwang U9 which managed a 20-ft leap over spikes last year, enabled by a wicked active suspension system. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026

War has not only changed the tenor of American life and enabled a vast expansion of executive power. — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

The standard $129 model gets up to four hours of listening with ANC enabled. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

That’s what enabled Mahomes to be on his way to Dallas for surgery the next morning, start rehabbing the day after that and navigate everything from pain to the mundane on his way back — as my colleague Sam McDowell explored in-depth last week. — Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

This change in plans comes amid the controversy surrounding the circumstances that enabled Michigan to try a second Hail Mary pass in its 13-12 victory over Western Michigan on Saturday. — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026