Synonyms for allow
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-lou |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈlaʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for allow Other synonyms for the word allow
- accord
- accredit
- acquiesce
- admeasure
- admit
- allocate
- allot
- apportion
- avow
- be big
- be game for
- bear
- brook
- certify
- commission
- concede
- confess
- consent
- deduct
- empower
- endorse
- endure
- free up
- give a blank check
- give carte blanche
- give leave
- give permission
- give the go-ahead
- give the green light
- go along with
- grant permission
- hear of
- hold with
- indulge
- let
- let on
- license
- live with
- lot
- mete
- okay
- own
- pass on
- put up with
- release
- remit
- sanction
- sit still for
- spare
- stand
- suffer
- support
- take kindly to
- tolerate
- warrant
Définition of allow
Origin :- early 14c., allouen, "to commend, praise; approve of, be pleased with; appreciate the value of;" also, "take into account or give credit for," also, in law and philosophy, "recognize, admit as valid" (a privilege, an excuse, a statement, etc.). From late 14c. as "sanction or permit; condone;" in business use from early 15c.
- The Middle English word is from Anglo-French alouer, Old French aloer, alloiier (13c.) "allot, apportion, bestow, assign," from Latin allocare (see allocate). This word in Old French was confused and ultimately merged with aloer; alloer "to praise, commend," from Latin allaudare, adlaudare, compound of ad- "to" (see ad-) + laudare "to praise" (see laud). From the first word came the sense preserved in allowance as "money granted;" from the second came its meaning "permission based on approval."
- Between the two primary significations there naturally arose a variety of uses blending them in the general idea of assign with approval, grant, concede a thing claimed or urged, admit a thing offered, permit, etc., etc. [OED].
- Related: Allowed; allowing.
- verb admit; acknowledge
- verb permit an action
- verb set aside
- Accept them for a dowry; and allow me to claim one privilege in return.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He worships every handsome woman, who will allow herself to be polluted by his incense.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- The King of course could not allow one of his subjects to outdo him in such a matter.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Austin, who did not see the allusion, had to allow Dick to speak for himself.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Andrew paused in the shallows to allow Sally one swallow; then he went on.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- I beg your pardon, miss, but will you allow me to make one remark!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- There was in it too much solace to allow of its being difficult.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- You must allow there are some who never find a use for their special gifts.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- But would you not allow that the time comes when nothing can be done with them?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Not of so much as is naturally involved in marriage, I allow.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
Antonyms for allow
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