All humouring synonyms
huΒ·mour
H h verb humouring
- sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- tolerate β to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- warrant β authorization, sanction, or justification.
- accede β If you accede to someone's request, you do what they ask.
- acquiesce β If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
- admit β If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- agree β If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
- bless β When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
- buy β If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- charter β A charter is a formal document describing the rights, aims, or principles of an organization or group of people.
- concede β If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
- concur β If one person concurs with another person, the two people agree. You can also say that two people concur.
- condone β If someone condones behaviour that is morally wrong, they accept it and allow it to happen.
- consent β If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- endure β Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
- franchise β a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- let β Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- 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?
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- privilege β a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- sanctify β to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sign β a token; indication.
- suffer β to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
- go for β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
adjective humouring
- gullible β easily deceived or cheated.
- indulgent β characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive: an indulgent parent.
- kindly β having, showing, or proceeding from a benevolent disposition or spirit; kindhearted: kindly people.
- lax β not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline.
- lenient β agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- liberal β favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- light β a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- merciful β full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- mild β amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- moderate β kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- naive β having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- submissive β inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- susceptible β admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- sympathetic β characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- temperate β moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement, etc.: a temperate response to an insulting challenge.
- tractable β easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
- trusting β Law. of or relating to trusts or a trust.
- unburdensome β oppressively heavy; onerous.
- non-oppressive β burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- suspicious β tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- allowing β to give permission to or for; permit: to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed.
- amiable β Someone who is amiable is friendly and pleasant to be with.
- assuaging β to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- assuasive β soothing; allaying
- benignant β kind; gracious, as a king to his subjects