Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "license" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

BSD license MIT license artistic license bare license beginner's license clickwrap license colicense crayon license crosslicense delicense dramatic license driver's license driving license end user license agreement high license learner's license licensable license fee license laundering license plate license to print money licensee licensee licenseless licenselike licenser licensor licensor licensure licentious licentiously licentiousness marriage license multi-license multilicense naked license off-license perpetual license poetic license provisional license public license relicense shrink-wrap license shrinkwrap license sub-license sublicense sublicense unlicense vanity license plate

Derived From

licence

Distinct From

denial refusal

Entails

approve

Inflected/Variant Forms

licence

Context

law

Has Property

similar to permit

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

authorisation authorise authorization authorize clear empowerment instrument legal document legal instrument liberty official document pass

Type Of (IsA)

authorization authorized agreement credential document type legal agreement legal document liberty permission

Manner Of

authorize

Receives Action

required to drive car required to drive truck required to own gun

Related Terms

licensure licentious

Related Terms

allow authorization authorize behaviour deviate document due excessive freedom lack legal official permission permit practice restraint rule software speech term

Synonym Network

accreditation allowance clearance driver's license

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