PERMITS Synonyms: 141 Similar and Opposite Words

permits 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of permit

as in allows

to give permission for or to approve of the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds

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as in lets

to give permission to you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass

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as in enables

to make able or possible we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting

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as in tolerates

to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion

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noun

plural of permit

as in tolerances

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Recent Examples of permits

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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026 The Cape Verde Green Card permits holders to live in Cape Verde with no set time-in-country requirement. — Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Both the uniform player contract and CBA contain language that permits Silver to punish Leonard if the commissioner concludes Leonard acted wrongly. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 July 2026 If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances. — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026 Economic scale permits longer performance runs and helps attract major international artists. — Helmut Paul, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 No individual or corporation may, by becoming sufficiently mistrusted by public opinion or a few public officials, be subjected in court to a wholesale confiscation of its assets beyond what the law permits. — David B McGarry, Oc Register, 8 July 2026 If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026 New Mexico The New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) currently permits athletic participation based on a student's gender identity. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

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Licenses and permits, including a sales tax permit if products will be sold, also may be required. — Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 On Monday, the Overland Park City Council will look at special events permits for the farmers market to take place this spring and summer — including issuing a special events permit for the market’s new location, 7950 Marty Street, starting in early June. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2026

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Henkin and his clients argue the proclamation violates the 1906 Antiquities Act, which allows presidents to protect public lands as national monuments but doesn’t grant them the authority to strip protections from existing monuments.

— Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
At Wild Orchard Farmstead on South Korea’s enchanting Jeju Island, regenerative organic tea seeds are planted into the dark, pliable, nutrient-rich soil that allows its roots to grow as deep as the trees are tall.

— Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of allows

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It’s made of a cotton-linen blend that lets the sunlight in, and its 100-percent-cotton backing layer is just thick enough to keep the summer heat out of the room without darkening it.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
The technology will power new tools through Meta's Advantage Plus advertising platform, which lets brands more easily develop ad creative for their marketing campaigns and automate certain tasks.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 11 July 2026

Definition of lets

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Connecting their Kit accounts with AI tools enables creators to engage with and access their audience data.

— Emma Cortes Ellendt, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
This enables faster evaluation of new battery materials and cell designs without relying solely on prolonged physical testing.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

Definition of enables

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Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

— Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
This fuss-free group of plants tolerates challenging growing conditions, including heat, drought, and humidity and the gorgeous foliage is unbothered by deer and rabbits.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 July 2026

Definition of tolerates

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In the United States, meanwhile, dozens of patents should keep Wegovy generics off the market until 2039, said professor Robin Feldman, a patent expert at the University of California Law-San Francisco.

— Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
Viture further claims similar patents have have been rejected in China, and that Xreal’s patent adds only minor, appearance-level changes rather than true optical innovation.

— Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of patents

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Chen, who was living in Boston and has a college-age son, is the only American currently held in China designated as wrongfully detained, the non-profit said.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of has

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But that framing ignores a few factors, as was pointed out to Deadline by the leader of one suitor committed to safeguarding the company’s unique, cinephile-forward culture.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Why would someone hand over their best idea to a process that usually ignores it?

— Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of ignores

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The regime could also use diplomatic ties to pressure Canada to drop its support for Iranian civil-society actors, perhaps by offering trade or energy concessions in return.

— Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Mining concessions related to Black Volta were granted in 2014, according to local media reports.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 8 July 2026

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