allowing

ADJECTIVE

lenient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

benign compassionate compliant forgiving indulgent sympathetic tolerant

WEAK

amiable assuaging assuasive being big benignant charitable clement complaisant condoning easy easygoing emollient excusing favoring forbearing gentle going easy on good-natured humoring kind kindly letting live with loving merciful mild mollycoddling obliging pampering pardoning permitting soft soft-shell softhearted sparing spoiling tender yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hateful merciless

WEAK

hard intolerant limiting restrictive rigorous severe

ADJECTIVE

permissive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

indulgent lax open-minded tolerant

WEAK

acquiescent agreeable approving easygoing forbearing free latitudinarian liberal permitting susceptible

Antonyms

STRONGEST

strict

WEAK

intolerant mean

ADJECTIVE

permitting

Synonyms

STRONG

authorizing granting letting licensing sanctioning tolerating

WEAK

lenient permissive

CONJUNCTION

though

Synonyms

STRONGEST

although even if even though yet

STRONG

despite the fact notwithstanding

WEAK

albeit despite

NOUN

acknowledgment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptance admission affirmation assent assertion concession confession confirmation corroboration realization recognition

STRONG

accession acquiescence allowance avowal compliance conceding concurrence declaration profession ratification yielding

WEAK

admitting asservation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

denial disagreement dissent refusal rejection repudiation veto

NOUN

giving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

offering

STRONG

awarding bequeathing ceding conferring contributing conveying dispensing distributing donating endowing expending furnishing granting imparting permitting presenting remitting supplying transferring yielding

WEAK

doling out handing out passing out

Antonyms

WEAK

appropriating getting taking

Example Sentences

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Iranian state television said Friday the Revolutionary Guards were allowing more ships to transit the strait, after reporting a day earlier that "more than 30 ships" had been permitted to pass.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The startup has implanted its Telepathy BCI in at least 21 patients with paralysis, allowing them to control phones, computers or robotic limbs with their thoughts.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The narrow and stable light emission could also improve optical communications systems by reducing interference and allowing larger amounts of data to travel more clearly and efficiently.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Legislation allowing prospective CPAs to bypass a fifth year of school has them deciding whether to skip a master’s to start making money sooner and save on tuition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Most of the chairs had been removed, allowing the line to zigzag back and forth while people waited to see P.J.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

allowing

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