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

Ars asked Roku to confirm the details of the licensing agreement but didn’t hear back ahead of publication. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026

The licensing agreement cost AST SpaceMobile about $800 million, with half of that paid in cash and half in stock, according to the statement. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Incorporated in Luxemboug, the Lokia partners will look to develop and produce content together, pool market intelligence, capitalise on licensing and merchandising opportunities and will soon look to acquire content together. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026

Data portability and integration maintenance deserve attention alongside licensing costs. — Chris Dunn, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

At Netflix, Stanichi will be tasked with overseeing Netflix’s global consumer products and licensing business and its global experiences division, including its newer Netflix House activations. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Additionally, Coperni shared that Tomorrow had terminated its licensing agreement in place. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026

Boehringer Ingelheim struck a licensing deal with China’s Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited (also known as SBP Group) covering six pre-clinical cancer drugs. — Elaine Chen, STAT, 4 Nov. 2026

Verb

In Brazil, Netflix struck a deal earlier this month with broadcaster Globo, which had long held out from licensing to the streamer in its home market even as its content appeared on Netflix elsewhere in Latin America and around the world. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

But the agency is responsible for licensing local radio and TV stations across the US and upholding basic standards, and Carr has repeatedly used that limited power to pressure broadcasters. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Running stress trials Safety agencies require strict experimental proof before licensing advanced reactor designs. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

China is looking to tighten biotechnology exports, but will leave the door open for licensing deals with foreign drugmakers that have underpinned its position as a growing pharmaceutical powerhouse, Bloomberg Law reports. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026

Getty Images, a massive image licensing company with hundreds of millions of assets in its library, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

In fact, the September 30 filing in federal court insists the non-plural foundation rejected a 2025 cease-and-desist letter and cut off licensing negotiations in July when Boghosian took over the GGF. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 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