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

Disney Entertainment and Netflix have entered into an expansive new content licensing agreement, which will bring an eclectic mix of library titles and current-season TV shows to Netflix for varying periods of times. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

The International Civil Aviation Organization sets baseline pilot-vetting and licensing standards, while national regulators and airlines can impose additional requirements. — Sam Metz, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

North Carolina should require age limits, licensing, independent testing, clear labels and restrictions on products marketed to children. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

On land, our CENTAURI platforms deliver multi-gigabit wireless laser backhaul in compact, 3-kilogram devices that deploy in minutes without RF spectrum licensing. — Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Neon has been in communication the SCP Wiki team to ensure the film’s distribution does not deviate from their mission and licensing guidelines. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Federal officials designed the Clinch River evaluation as a repeatable licensing pathway. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

In the art world, ARS handles the licensing for any publication of their artists’ in any form, ranging from both editorial and commercial uses. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Raz acquired ownership of the show from NPR (the show also previously had a licensing deal with Amazon’s Wondery). — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Verb

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

His off-field earnings include licensing payouts from the NFL Players Association, which topped $8 million in 2025. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026

But with name, image and likeness licensing money and the transfer portal part of the new reality of college sports, the difference between college and the NFL has never been smaller. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

However, OpenAI does have licensing deals with other news publishers. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2026

The company has historically made money licensing its chip designs to customers, while the CPU represents its push into selling a complete chip of its own. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

By converting complex test datasets directly into compliant technical filings, the company plans to shorten licensing preparation cycles from years to months. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026

More than 350 companies have listed assets since April on AssetHub, its marketplace for selling or licensing company code and workplace data to AI labs. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026