All permissive synonyms
per·mis·sive
P p adjective permissive
- allowing — to give permission to or for; permit: to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed.
- deceivable — capable of being deceived; gullible.
- fleeceable — Able to be fleeced.
- freewheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- enabling — software enabling
- outgiving — friendly or responsive; outgoing.
- easy — not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
- easygoing — going easily, as a horse.
- deludable — Capable of being deluded; gullible.
- lax — not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline.
- humouring — humor.
adj permissive
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- live with — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- hands off — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- easy-going — calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- assuasive — soothing; allaying
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- hands-off — characterized by nonintervention or noninterference: the new hands-off foreign policy.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- easy going — calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- libertarian — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- lenient — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- broad — Something that is broad is wide.
- indulgent — characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive: an indulgent parent.
- latitudinarian — allowing or characterized by latitude in opinion or conduct, especially in religious views.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.