Synonyms of permitting

permitting 1 of 2

noun

as in allowing

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

permitting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of permit

1

as in having

to give permission for or to approve of

the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• allowing
• having
• tolerating
• suffering
• authorizing
• standing for
• green-lighting
• admitting
• licensing
• granting
• commissioning
• acquiescing
• sanctioning
• agreeing (to)
• according
• consenting (to)
• warranting
• conceding
• assenting (to)
• acceding (to)
• condoning
• supporting
• countenancing
• enduring
• vouchsafing
• OK'ing
• brooking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibiting
• forbidding
• enjoining
• banning
• proscribing
• impeding
• hindering
• obstructing
• vetoing
• refusing
• denying
• disallowing
• rejecting
• revoking
• withholding
• suppressing
• disapproving
• censuring
• checking
• keeping
• restraining
• deploring
• curbing
• interdicting
• frowning (at or on)
• disliking
• repressing
• grudging
• disfavoring
• discountenancing

2

as in letting

to give permission to

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• letting
• allowing
• leaving
• authorizing
• approving
• licensing
• empowering
• sanctioning
• endorsing
• commissioning
• freeing
• liberating
• indulging
• releasing
• catering (to)
• giving in (to)
• humoring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibiting
• forbidding
• enjoining
• preventing
• discouraging
• blocking
• inhibiting
• barring
• obstructing
• curbing
• deterring
• impeding
• constraining
• holding back
• frustrating

3

as in enabling

to make able or possible

we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enabling
• letting
• allowing
• empowering
• preparing
• approving
• sanctioning
• qualifying
• endorsing
• equipping
• fitting
• readying
• habilitating
• conditioning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• precluding
• prohibiting
• inhibiting
• forbidding
• disallowing
• enjoining

4

as in tolerating

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• letting
• allowing
• tolerating
• ignoring
• suffering
• putting up with
• condoning
• disregarding
• forgiving
• excusing
• overlooking
• brushing (aside or off)
• winking (at)
• pardoning
• indulging
• catering (to)
• giving in (to)
• shrugging off
• humoring
• brooking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• blocking
• prohibiting
• barring
• forbidding
• constraining
• inhibiting
• interfering (with)
• curbing
• discouraging
• impeding
• deterring
• holding back
• frustrating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of permitting

Noun

The two sides have clashed mightily over data centers, which are broadly unpopular with the public and which the No campaign says could make a bid for the streamlined permitting process, something the Yes side strenuously denies. — Andrew Graham october 27, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

The sports-loving pope is scheduled — health permitting — to hold a private audience inside the Vatican on Saturday for the teams and their traveling fans. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Wu said the proposal will cut permitting delays, simplify ownership transfers and help restaurants open faster. — Payton May, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Later phases will depend on drilling results, metallurgical testing, engineering, permitting, and approval of additional funding. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2026

Risch is also focused on reforming the federal permitting process, aiming to speed up projects such as mineral extraction. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026

Governors and county boards are improvising, from moratoriums to new permitting rules, because Washington has no framework, even as the industry asks for one. — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Amid mounting consumer anxiety over rising fuel costs, Newsom in 2025 signed a law to boost oil production in Kern County, fast-tracking permitting for up to 2,000 new wells annually through 2036. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

It ping-ponged between financial and regulatory purgatories that most commentators have attributed to endless permitting delays. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026

Verb

The funding will support exploration drilling, laboratory testing, engineering, and permitting work to assess whether the district can support tungsten production. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2026

Monitors will introduce themselves to the poll manager and present government ID (and a letter from the jurisdiction permitting entrance to the polls with the monitors' names, if the jurisdiction wants each monitor identified). — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Cutting the cost of the Ford Home Power Station and Backup Panel is certainly helpful, but homeowners will still face additional costs related to permitting, electrician labor, and heavy-gauge wiring. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026

The move is the latest in an evolving effort to revise the state’s permitting rules for private docks that link waterfront homes and other upland properties to deep-water rivers and creeks. — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 27 Oct. 2026

On a more local level, Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive order in 2025 to streamline the city’s permitting process. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

Rotem said the program charges no seller fees, permitting participants to retain the full sale price of their merchandise. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

The biggest risk is connecting the power to the data center, which could be delayed owing to permitting, legal challenges, supply-chain disruptions, and more, the company said. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

But, refusing to die a slow death of a thousand permitting blockades or financial setbacks, SunZia instead evolved. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026