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

California voters decided on 14 measures on their ballot, ranging from the controversial — like the billionaire’s tax and tighter deadlines on environmental permitting — to the unchallenged — like the housing affordability bond. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Under the city’s current streamlined permitting process, a business can seek permission to serve alcohol as a restaurant but go on to run the business as a karaoke bar. — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

That state's Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has actually stopped electronic permitting to make sure any permit is unrelated to data centers. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

The conflict centers on New York’s centralized permitting system for large-scale solar and wind projects. — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

The effect is something like an off-season approximation of a sidewalk, and, your winter climate permitting, sidewalk chalk (tons of it, for $18) is another good option. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Also under this rule, responsibility for waterfront construction permitting would also be transferred from the Department of Small Business Services to the Department of Buildings. — Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

This permitting bill is bad news for manatees, as well as Florida’s fiscal and environmental health. — Elizabeth Neville, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026

What readers are saying The conversation explores the skepticism and criticism surrounding the opinion piece on environmental permitting reform. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026

Verb

The measure speeds permitting approval under the California Environmental Quality Act by placing deadlines on government agencies to issue or deny permits within a year. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

With the extension, FilmLA officials say the pilot program provides continuity while the city reviews other permitting approaches. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026

Proposition 4 would create a single, centralized construction-permitting hub under the Department of Buildings that applicants could go to, rather than waiting for responses from multiple agencies as things currently stand. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026

In the Red Oak case, the agents surface a suitable high-voltage transformer sitting in Arizona, where permitting delays mean the local project has no immediate need for it. — Jayashree Arunkumar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Declaring that Chicago was facing a trifecta of crises in finances, public safety and confidence, Mendoza promised to cut in half the construction approval and permitting timeline for new buildings. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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

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