Go-ahead

Synonyms for "go-ahead" (81 found)

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Closest matches (17)

able acceptance advance advancement adventuresome adventurous affirmation aggression aggressive ambition ambitious approbation approval authorization career certification confirmation

Strong matches (24)

Related words (40)

imprimatur john hancock make march moving nod ok oncoming ongoing onward pass passage permission proceeding progress progressing progressive promotion push pushing

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pushy ratification rolling rubber stamp sanction seal signature signet spirit spunk stamp subscription travel venturesome visa warrant way

Noun(3 words)

initiative ok slop

Related word relations

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3 relation types

More general

4 entries

drive stoplight traffic light traffic signal

More specific

1 entries

game-winning

coordinate

1 entries

game-tying

Translations

10 translations across 4 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

напредничав adj (Progressive; exerting leadership)

Polish

4 entries

nowatorski adj (Progressive; exerting leadership)
przedsiębiorczy adj (Progressive; exerting leadership)
rzutki adj (Progressive; exerting leadership)
zielone światło noun (approval)

Spanish

4 entries

aprobación noun (approval)
luz verde noun (approval)
permiso noun (approval)
visto bueno noun (approval)

Swedish

1 entries

klartecken noun (approval)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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They were waiting for the go-ahead.

Source: tatoeba (273631)

He gave the go-ahead.

Source: tatoeba (2735124)

She gave the go-ahead.

Source: tatoeba (2735700)

Tom gave me the go-ahead.

Source: tatoeba (3151248)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.