Synonyms of licensing

licensing 1 of 2

noun

variants also licencing

as in license

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

licensing

2 of 2

verb

variants also licencing

present participle of license

as in enabling

to give official or legal power to

a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of licensing

Noun

Bøe said the experiment could help establish the engineering knowledge, licensing approaches, and supply chains needed for commercial deployment. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Despite currency headwinds, concert, merchandise and licensing revenues are expected to reach record levels. — Jenny Lee,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

But the list clarifies that restrictions don’t apply to licensing, partnerships, and contract research services involving these technologies. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026

Prast said the company is open to licensing, toll manufacturing or joint ventures, and would leave industrial scale to partners. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

Disney+ and Hulu began adding outside podcasts, unrelated to their show programming, earlier this year, after striking a licensing deal with podcast network Headgum. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Sarandos first brought in Bajaria to help Netflix launch an unscripted division, as well as licensing and studio co-productions. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Her first job for the streamer was launching its unscripted programing, as well as overseeing its licensing and co-productions. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026

After first heading Netflix’s unscripted division, along with licensing and co-productions, she was promoted to head of global in 2020 after Cindy Holland’s exit from the company. — Jackson Murphy, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

Streamers are moving from licensing rights to co-financing production, according to country reports in The A Report. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

This combined data will build the technical safety case that regulators demand before licensing commercial units for broad public use. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

But rather than licensing the startup’s clinical-stage medicines, Roche is enlisting it to discover new ones, signaling a potential shift in global drug development. — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Under the new regulations and laws, there are now licensing requirements for tow operators, and the companies are required to post the licensing emblem on their tow trucks to be immediately identifiable. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

The brand licensing company has privately discussed an offer that could value Mattel at more than $20 per share, or about $6 billion, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. — Maggie Roth, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026

Bipartisan proposals in the Pennsylvania House and Senate would preserve the industry by licensing the machines and charging operators fees while limiting most establishments to five machines. — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

After entrepreneur Brian Mariotti bought Funko in 2005, the business began licensing more characters. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

The central bank has been licensing digital wallets at a clip, including Careem Pay, e& money, Botim, and buy-now-pay-later firm Tabby. — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026