allow
Grant the okay
Allow means to permit or give permission for something to happen.
You might allow a child to stay up late, or a rule might allow exceptions.
Allow also means to provide or set aside: Allow an hour for traffic.
To allow for something is to take it into account: The budget allows for unexpected costs.
When something allows of a possibility, it admits or leaves room for it: The evidence allows of no other interpretation.
Grant formal permission
- grantBestow or award money
- enableMake something feasible
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
approve · let · empower · entitle · certify · validate · ratify · endorse
Confess or grant entry
- acknowledgeConfirm receipt or truth
- recognizePerceive as known
- grantBestow or award money
- acceptConsent to receive
agree · confess · own · yield · give · accede · acquiesce · defer
To transfer possession
- provideSupply or make available
- allotDistribute by shares
- assignGive as responsibility
- grantBestow or award money
set aside · budget · earmark · reserve · dedicate · apportion · designate · afford
Consent to receive
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- bearLarge furry omnivore
- put up withAccept something unpleasant
- standUpright support structure
abide · brook · suffer · countenance · stomach · live with · accommodate · overlook
Satisfy a craving
- forgiveCease to blame
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- excuseOffered reason for wrongdoing
- overlookMiss or commanding view
spare · let slide · give leeway · show mercy · relax · ease up
Shared position between parties
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- assentFormal expression of approval
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- complianceAdhering to requirements
concurrence · approval · accord · willingness · permission · yes · okay · nod
authorize
Grant formal permission
sanction · approve · let · empower · entitle · certify · validate · ratify · endorse · accredit
admit
Confess or grant entry
- acknowledgeConfirm receipt or truth
- recognizePerceive as known
- grantBestow or award money
accept · agree · confess · own · yield · give · accede · acquiesce · defer · cede
give
To transfer possession
grant · set aside · budget · earmark · reserve · dedicate · apportion · designate · afford · spare
accept
Consent to receive
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- bearLarge furry omnivore
- put up withAccept something unpleasant
stand · abide · brook · suffer · countenance · stomach · live with · accommodate · overlook · condone
indulge
Satisfy a craving
overlook · spare · let slide · give leeway · show mercy · relax · ease up
agreement
Shared position between parties
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- assentFormal expression of approval
- acceptanceConsent to receive
compliance · concurrence · approval · accord · willingness · permission · yes · okay · nod · blessing
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- Accept synonymswelcome, embrace, adopt, acknowledge, admit
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- binary statesyes, no, true, false, on
- give permissionpermit, authorize, approve, consent, grant
- permissionsread, write, execute, delete, grant
- not allowedForbidden from doing
- allow meOffer to help
- allow forAccount for beforehand
- allowed forIncluded in planning
- baggage allowancePermitted travel load
- weekly allowanceRegular small payment