Allow

/əˈlaʊ/

Synonyms for "allow" (298 found)

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Closest matches (60)

Verb(19 words)

admit grant permit accept acknowledge acquiesces admits admitted affords agreeallow forappropriate approve assist authorised authorize authorized authorizes autorizzare

abate accede accept accord account acknowledge acquiesce add adjudge adjudicate administer admitadmit everythingadmit exceptionsafford agreeagree provisionallyagree toallocate allot

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allow forapportion appropriate approve assentassent grudginglyassign assume authorization authorize avow award batebe judicious

Noun(6 words)

access admission admitting affordingannual yieldsapartment let

Adjective(1 words)

active term

Strong matches (89)

bear believe bestowbestow onbrook budgetcharge offcome cleancommunicate concede confer confess consentconsent toconsiderconsider the circumstancesconsider the sourcecop a pleacount countenance

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cut dealdeal outdeduct deem defer depreciate discountdish outdispense disregard doledole outdonate earmark endure entertain entitle esteem excuseexercise judgmentexpress an opinionexpress general agreementextend face forgivefork outform an opiniongiftgift withgivegive freelygive leavegive outgive permissiongive the go-aheadgive the wordgo along withgrant

Verb(16 words)

brooked concede condone consent countenance countenanced earmark enable enables entitle facilitategive an examplegive upgivesgo ahead cuegrandfathered

Noun(14 words)

condoesconsent required historyconsenting consents countenances countenancing dena donnerdress code relaxationenfranchising fit givinggiving seasongrandfathers

Related words (149)

Verb(22 words)

grant accessgrant permissiongranted include lassen leave legalizes lemme letopen a doorpermitted provide recognize reserveset asidetake into accounttolerate tolerated tolerates unbar

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unblock unmutes

Noun(28 words)

grant free passageindex based accessleaveslet inlets letting license licenses licensinglicensing serviceloansmake roommay okaysopen gatheringopen library systemopen meeting rulespermit requirementpermits permitting

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portuguese liberarprovided you havespare tolerating unlockuse word for agreementyielded to pressureyields

hand outhave heaphelp tohold impart issue judge justifykick backlavish leave lend letlet havelet onlicenselift temporarilyloan lot

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lumpmake allowancemake allowance formake possiblemetemete outnot opposeoffer ok okayopen upopineout with itoverlook ownown uppardon pass permit pineplead guiltypour present presume profferprovide forput asideput up withrain rebate recognize reduce refund regard relaxrelax the conditionrelease render sanctionsay the wordserveset apartset asideshell outshower slip snow spare spillspill itspit it outstandstand forsubmit subscribe suffer suppose sustain swallowtake a premiumtake account oftake into accounttake into considerationtake offtake with a grain of salttell alltell the truthtenderthink oftolerate understand vouchsafe waive warrantwrite offyield

Adjective(3 words)

licensedopen discussion sessionopen route

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More general

27 entries

accept afford allot assign calculate consentcount oncountenance create discount estimate facilitation figure forecast givego for

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More specific

9 entries

access permissionentry authorizationlatitude leeway marginpermission sliproom to maneuverspecial permitwritten consent

Collocations

6 entries

allow accessallow experimentationallow forallow opportunitiesallow spaceallow time

Inflections

3 entries

allowed allowing allows

Derivations

3 entries

allowable allowably allowance

Antonyms

2 entries

deny disallow

similar

8 entries

admitallow forcountenance grant leave let permit provide

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.

Source: tatoeba (1587)

You must allow for his youth.

Source: tatoeba (15814)

I will not allow you to be ill-treated.

Source: tatoeba (17887)

I can't allow you to do that.

Source: tatoeba (18018)

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