allowed
Not off limits
Allowed is the past tense of allow, meaning permitted or given permission.
Smoking is not allowed indoors.
We were allowed to leave early.
It can also mean conceded or acknowledged: She allowed that he might have a point.
Not to be confused with aloud, meaning spoken audibly.
Sanctioned by authority
- authorizedGiven official permission
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
- lawfulPermitted by statute
legal · legitimate · licensed · certified · cleared · endorsed · granted · warranted
Meeting minimum standards
- tolerableAble to be endured
- permissibleSanctioned by authority
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
- adequateBarely meeting standards
okay · bearable · endurable · manageable · supportable · unobjectionable · palatable · excusable
permissible
Sanctioned by authority
- authorizedGiven official permission
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
lawful · legal · legitimate · licensed · certified · cleared · endorsed · granted · warranted · acceptable
acceptable
Meeting minimum standards
- tolerableAble to be endured
- permissibleSanctioned by authority
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
adequate · okay · bearable · endurable · manageable · supportable · unobjectionable · palatable · excusable · forgivable
admitted
Confessed or granted entry
accepted · included · enrolled · registered · entered · ticket · access · entry · pass · clearance
granted
Given or allowed officially
- allottedDistributed as shares
- designatedOfficially selected beforehand
- assignedGiven as duty
apportioned · budgeted · earmarked · reserved · set aside · quota · ration · portion · share · provision
- freefree, freed, liberated, released, unchained
- binary statesyes, no, true, false, on
- obligationmandatory, obligatory, required, compulsory, optional
- permissionpermission granted, granted, permitted, authorization, consent
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- agreement wordsyes, okay, agree, agreed, accord
- not allowedForbidden from doing
- allow meOffer to help
- allow forAccount for beforehand
- allowed forIncluded in planning
- baggage allowancePermitted travel load
- weekly allowanceRegular small payment
allow, allowance, allowing, allowable, allows, disallow, disallowed, disallowance, disallowing