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 rally came hours before the city hosted its first mobile outdoor vendor clinic, an education and outreach event designed to help vendors navigate the permitting process and comply with food-safety requirements. — Da Lin, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

North and South America will enjoy the best views, with skywatchers able to follow the entire event from start to finish, weather permitting. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

The 70-room Hotel Keflavík in Iceland's Reykjanesbaer municipality was fully booked with guests hoping to see around one minute and 45 seconds of totality — weather permitting. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Weather permitting, the sun's outer atmosphere, which is normally obscured by the bright face of the sun, becomes visible during the moments of totality. — Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026

The authority asked lawmakers in its 2026 business plan for explicit permitting authority. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Last year, the Department of Energy sped up reactor permitting. — Hanna Merzbach, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

During the primary, all major candidates agreed on the need to reduce roadblocks to homebuilding and permitting. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Local permitting departments often face major backlogs even before a disaster. — Linh Tat, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Verb

The 42-year-old righty has allowed nine homers in eight starts this season, permitting at least one in five turns and coughing up multiple home runs in three. — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Hawley said the Illinois Film Office leaves permitting to municipalities or regional offices, like ones in the Quad Cities or Champaign County. — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

To support that effort, Eagle recently expanded its technical team by adding Yukuskokon Professional Services while broadening existing partnerships with BBA USA and SLR International for engineering, resource evaluation and permitting work. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Bill Owens, chair of the National Association of Home Builders, laid out in a statement the benefits of allowing FEMA to cover, for a longer period of time, the cost of additional staff to help with the building permitting process. — Linh Tat, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Takaichi has advocated a review of the principles for a possibility of dropping the third one — of not permitting nuclear weapons to be brought into the country. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

During that pause, a city could tweak its zoning and permitting laws to potentially dictate how and where facilities might be allowed, requiring stringent safety standards that could include measures against overcrowding or fire safety. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

The Nez Perce Tribe opposes the project in its entirety, saying the permitting decision violates treaty rights and environmental law. — Justin Worland, Time, 4 Aug. 2026

Other counties have procedures for permitting structures that don’t fall neatly into building code categories. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026