All allow synonyms
alΒ·low
A a verb allow
- grant β to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- authorize β If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- oblige β to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- recognize β to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- tolerate β to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- favor β something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- release β to lease again.
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- provide β to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- assign β If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- admeasure β to measure out (land, etc) as a share; apportion
- allot β If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
- own β of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- confess β If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
- avow β If you avow something, you admit it or declare it.
- concede β If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
- acquiesce β If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
- accord β An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war.
- certify β If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
- okay β to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
- license β formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- consent β If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- indulge β to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- brook β to bear; tolerate
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- commission β If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
- admit β If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- let β Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- stand β (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- suffer β to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
- warrant β authorization, sanction, or justification.
- accredit β If an educational qualification or institution is accredited, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard.
- deduct β When you deduct an amount from a total, you subtract it from the total.
- apportion β When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given.
- remit β to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- spare β to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- allocate β If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- lot β lot (def 14).
- recognise β to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- licence β license.
- mete β to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out): to mete out punishment.
- accept β If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- acknowledge β If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- set aside β the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- let on β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- hear of β to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?