PERMITTED Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in authorized

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verb

past tense of permit

as in allowed

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 let

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

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as in enabled

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

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as in tolerated

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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Recent Examples of permitted

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The emergency backup is permitted to perform other duties within the team. — Chris Johnston, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 The executive order pauses new permits for facilities exceeding 50 megawatts, but Lake Mariner’s 500-megawatt buildout was already permitted before the order took effect. — Petala Ironcloud, ArsTechnica, 7 Sep. 2026 Supplementation to their diet is limited to no more than 25% of dry matter and permitted feed ingredients include hay, wheat, barley, oats and maize from the same region. — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 The right-hander permitted three of his four hits in the fourth, when the Giants went ahead on Lee’s bloop single that scored two runs. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026 The battle for whether NFL players will be permitted to return to college continues, as both parties have dug their heels in on either side of the issue. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Xavier Lucas played 39 snaps and permitted three completions in six targets for 52 yards. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 Unlimited subletting is permitted after two years, too, if that’s a concern. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026 And whether the public will own that shoreline or merely be permitted to cross it. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for permitted

Adjective

The Hong Kong Jockey Club, the city’s only authorized betting operator, tops Asia’s corporate rankings at $774 million a year, ahead of Tencent at $404 million.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
Repair manuals generally have to be provided for free, and manufacturers can’t require you or an independent repair shop to be an authorized provider just to get the parts or tools needed for a repair.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of authorized

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Those walls are coming down, thanks to a wave of vibe coding enabled by OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Cowork.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Performance is driven by Processes, enabled by People and inspired by Purpose—and all of it is held together by a bit of Phun.

— Sam Talya, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of enabled

Adjective

According to Minnesota authorities, the shooter was a licensed gun owner and used a handgun.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Its Nyköping site already hosts a licensed nuclear facility, while an application for a new nuclear facility at Valdemarsvik was submitted in March 2026.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of licensed

Adjective

Florida has just 52 certified headache specialists, so for a worker in rural Florida, a diagnosis can mean a lost day’s wages and a long drive.

— Brian T. Bailey, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
The next morning, a West Virginia fisheries official arrived with a certified scale.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026