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

Their super-thin structure changes how electrons behave, potentially enabling new capabilities in future semiconductor devices. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

In 2021, a settlement was reached enabling the early release of the 3,500 inmates. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2026

Migration is thus a crucial means of enabling people born in the Global South to access lucrative jobs. — J. Toby Reiner, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Further stages, from distribution to end-of-life, account for 20 to 30 percent but are critical to enabling upstream change via low-carbon product lines and robust take-back and recycling schemes. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026

Though only a prototype used for atmospheric and ground tests, Enterprise proved that a spacecraft could launch like a rocket and land as a glider, enabling the world's first reusable orbital platform. — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026

The studio will have greater access to capital, enabling it to compete more effectively in TV broadcasting, according to the decision. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Prescribing, dispensing and enabling the sale of retatrutide — which is still in clinical trials — violate those standards. — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

With foundational model inference costs coming down and edge computing enabling real-time on-device intelligence, the infrastructure is in place. — Pranjal Saxena, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026