Synonyms of enabling

enabling 1 of 2

noun

as in support

Related Words

• support
• allowing
• encouragement
• promotion
• approval
• permitting
• letting
• facilitation
• granting
• consent
• permission
• endorsement
• sanction
• licensing
• submission
• approbation
• compliance
• OK
• clearance
• allowance
• leave
• blessing
• imprimatur
• acquiescence
• obedience
• authorization
• assent
• sanctioning
• license
• tolerance
• agreement
• accession
• prescription
• toleration
• sufferance

Dissimilar Words

• prohibition
• veto
• ban
• embargo
• interdiction
• interdict
• limitation
• restriction
• proscription
• inhibition
• restraint
• constraint
• taboo
• no-no

enabling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of enable

1

as in letting

to make able or possible

my new glasses enable me to read the fine print

Synonyms & Similar Words

• letting
• allowing
• empowering
• permitting
• preparing
• equipping
• approving
• qualifying
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• fitting
• habilitating
• readying
• conditioning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• precluding
• inhibiting
• prohibiting
• forbidding
• disallowing
• enjoining

2

as in empowering

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

• empowering
• authorizing
• permitting
• qualifying
• allowing
• entitling
• commissioning
• licensing
• certifying
• investing
• warranting
• chartering
• vesting
• accrediting
• approving
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• confirming
• letting
• affirming
• initiating
• validating
• installing
• inducting
• inaugurating
• credentialing
• privileging
• clearing
• instating
• OK'ing
• enfranchising
• swearing in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• excluding
• denying
• disqualifying
• stopping
• blocking
• hindering
• inhibiting
• impeding
• obstructing
• disallowing
• constraining
• discouraging
• banning
• prohibiting
• barring
• holding back
• forbidding
• shutting out
• enjoining
• proscribing
• outlawing
• disenfranchising
• vetoing
• disfranchising
• disbarring
• interdicting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enabling

Noun

In short, there’s no enabling of federal government growth through interest paid on reserves (the opposite, whereby banks lends the money also isn’t inflationary contra Michel), rather governments get all sustenance from the private sector. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

But removing the enabling without identifying a goal is just going to cause conflict. — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026

President Biden singularly stands out in his callous enabling of the horrors inflicted on Gaza for more than a year. — Shibley Telhami, Time, 13 Oct. 2025

Verb

The aerospace company, led by Elon Musk, struck a deal to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum that will advance Starlink’s wireless capabilities by enabling the signal to pass through walls and other obstacles. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

Google, Visa, and Mastercard are building systems enabling AI agents to make payments and access credentials like credit cards. — Caryn Seidman Becker, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Applications Agriculture Similar to other legumes, butterfly pea harbors nitrogen-fixing bacteria in its root nodules, enabling it to enrich the soil with nitrogen. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

With global climate change enabling more tropical cyclones to rapidly intensify, the Hurricane Center has been making more bullish first forecasts for certain storms, including Isaias. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

This is how most consumers first engage with collections, and re-sees create a second — and more intimate — moment for the pieces online, enabling brands to prolong the momentum, says Melbourne. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

This can improve safety while potentially enabling fast charging and higher-performance battery designs. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

The program also helps build networks among women, enabling collaboration, information-sharing and the clarification of questions. — Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

These event listeners enhance accessibility by enabling form submission or closure // when the user presses either the 'Enter' or 'Space' key. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026