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

The advent of polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, testing, in the nineteen-eighties, enabled scientists to make numerous copies of the DNA or RNA in a sample, and that dramatically increased the sensitivity of diagnostic tests. — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

The adversaries' willingness to endure pain and the determination of their leaders to survive have sometimes enabled them to play a long game, outwaiting American patience. — Susan Page, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Because Game Boys weren’t Internet-enabled, this was done via cable. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026

If Search Services History and its Save Media setting are enabled, Google can save media from your Search interactions. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

What did Jesus understand about man that enabled him to respond in that healing way? — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026

This enabled the modified immune cells, called CAR-T cells, to recognize B7-H3 and attack the cancerous cells after being returned to the patients. — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026

Noble Audio says battery life was a key part of the Artemis design brief, and the Artemis can play for up to 50 hours with ANC turned off and up to 35 hours with ANC enabled. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

The internet enabled market operators and regulators to extend that same logic from private networks for price discovery, to corporate disclosure and financial data. — Cromwell Coulson, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026