Synonyms of granting

granting 1 of 2

noun

as in permission

the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something

your granting of an interview for this job opening will be much appreciated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• permission
• authorization
• consent
• permit
• sanction
• license
• warrant
• allowance
• clearance
• signature
• grant
• leave
• concurrence
• green light
• accreditation
• sufferance
• certification
• seal
• agreement
• acceptance
• liberty
• stamp
• patent
• assent
• pass
• tolerance
• concession
• imprimatur
• acquiescence
• toleration
• OK
• accord

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusal
• prohibition
• denial
• revocation
• rejection
• injunction
• veto
• exclusion
• suppression
• interdiction
• proscription
• repression
• ban
• deterrence
• embargo
• taboo
• discouragement

granting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of grant

1

as in admitting

to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly

you will grant that she is difficult to work with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admitting
• confessing
• acknowledging
• conceding
• agreeing
• allowing
• announcing
• disclosing
• recognizing
• owning (up to)
• revealing
• confirming
• accepting
• telling
• affirming
• declaring
• coming clean (about)
• saying
• unloading
• imparting
• fessing (up)
• informing
• proclaiming
• publishing
• yielding
• professing
• exposing
• communicating
• betraying
• talking
• broadcasting
• warning
• spilling
• unburdening
• avowing
• disburdening
• whispering
• divulging
• breathing
• tipping (off)
• giving away
• leaking
• breaking
• unveiling
• squealing
• ratting
• blabbing
• tattling
• wising (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• disallowing
• disclaiming
• rejecting
• disavowing
• negating
• contradicting
• disputing
• covering (up)
• refuting
• repudiating
• disowning
• concealing
• rebutting
• negativing
• hiding
• obscuring
• kidding (oneself)
• veiling
• gainsaying

2

as in conferring

to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly

by the power vested in me, I grant you the keys to the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conferring
• awarding
• giving
• providing
• according
• vesting
• offering
• bestowing
• presenting
• supplying
• showing
• extending
• contributing
• assigning
• furnishing
• allocating
• donating
• appropriating
• designating
• appointing
• proffering
• naming
• setting
• fixing
• dubbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revoking
• calling
• rescinding
• repealing
• recalling
• dropping
• aborting
• invalidating
• annulling
• nullifying
• abrogating
• voiding
• withdrawing
• writing off
• calling off
• retracting
• taking back
• recanting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of granting

Noun

To that, the AG’s office were silent Thursday on the granting of Block the Merger’s eleventh-hour motion. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Other presidential powers include the negotiation of treaties and the granting of pardons. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026

The Department of Homeland Security has appealed the granting of his asylum. — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

While the granting or denial of a stay might sound like legal jargon, there are real-world implications at stake. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Realizing that truth would be a route toward not only better preparedness going forward but also a more general granting of grace. — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Thus, in the end the appeals court affirmed the granting of the Hus' special motion and the award of attorney fees and costs against RCA. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

But without an objective yardstick, two police officers can review the same file and make opposite decisions about the granting of a license. — George A. Mocsary, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

But, as is often the case with these kinds of monkey’s paws, the granting of a wish comes at a great cost—the wishmaker’s life. — Kayti Burt, Time, 24 Apr. 2026

Verb

Self was impressed that White elected to pursue a return to KU after last Wednesday receiving a preliminary injunction granting him a fifth season. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

Warren was one of a number of antitrust exemption skeptics on Capitol Hill who CNBC spoke with to gauge the appetite for granting the request floated by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei with support from other AI executives. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Textural and layered wallpaper looks are similarly quite en vogue right now, granting organic depth to a room that might otherwise feel small and ordinary. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Kelly threw cold water on that argument in his ruling last week granting the temporary restraining order against the White House ban. — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

The new version also expanded the law’s ability to reach foreign states, granting jurisdiction to US courts. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

In granting the government's request for a stay, the court on Tuesday cleared federal officials to enforce rapid third-country removals for now while also agreeing to take up the case for oral argument in December. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson opposed granting the government’s request for a stay. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Local authorities carried out regular inspections before granting the occupancy permit. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026