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

Chaparral features interchangeable cargo pods, enabling operators to adapt the aircraft for different missions without altering its core platform. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

The league leveraged a brand partnership with a wireless provider to create a club that helped balance the schedule for everyone else, enabling other teams to have an equal number of home and road games. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Fekkai’s myriad mentions in the Epstein files didn’t imply any criminal behavior and he has not been formally charged with any crime, although the lawsuit against him does accuse him of enabling it. — James Manso, Allure, 3 Sep. 2026

Neuralink has implanted wireless chips in the brains of roughly a dozen people, enabling patients paralyzed by spinal cord injuries to control computers with their thoughts. — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

In addition to enabling Lenovo to build such a thin and light business laptop, the incorporated Frore tech means the AeroBlade has no vents on the bottom. — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026

This week, there was a major breakthrough when DNA provided by her sister, Burks, was determined to be a match, enabling investigators to finally identify the 1995 victim as Lydia. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

The war has forced many journalists to stop working or flee the country, enabling SAF and RSF propaganda to fill the vacuum. — Mat Nashed, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026

The enabling system, created by the researchers, uses machine learning to analyze information that Wi-Fi devices already send back to their routers. — New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026