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allowed

[uh-loud] / əˈlaʊd /
ADJECTIVE
accepted
Synonyms
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acknowledged approved authorized confirmed conventional customary endorsed established fashionable popular preferred received recognized sanctioned time-honored universal welcomed
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accustomed chosen credited okayed passed touted
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arrived at card-carrying current in vogue kosher legit normal orthodox regular standard straight unopposed usual
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abnormal different disapproved irregular uncommon unpopular unusual
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questionable unconventional unorthodox
ADJECTIVE
admissible
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justifiable permissible pertinent relevant
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acceptable applicable appropriate concedable fair fitting just lawful legal legitimate licit likely logical not impossible not unlikely okay passable permitted possible probable proper rational reasonable right suitable tolerable tolerated warranted worthy
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inappropriate irrelevant unsuitable
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illegitimate inadmissible inapplicable unfair unjust wrong
ADJECTIVE
approved
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accepted authorized backed endorsed passed permitted ratified recognized sanctioned supported
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affirmed chosen legalized proven validated
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OK'd certain made official vouched for
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disapproved refused uncertain
ADJECTIVE
free
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able at large clear easy independent loose open unfettered unrestricted
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disengaged escaped familiar forward frank liberal liberated permitted relaxed
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at liberty casual fancy-free footloose free-spirited free-wheeling informal lax off the hook on one's own on the loose unattached uncommitted unconfined unconstrained unengaged unhampered unimpeded unobstructed unregulated untrammeled
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blocked closed repressed restricted strict
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reserved
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confined limited restrained suppressed
ADJECTIVE
immune
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exempt resistant unaffected
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clear free safe
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favored hardened to insusceptible irresponsible licensed not affected not liable not subject privileged protected unanswerable unliable unsusceptible
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hindered
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susceptible unguarded unprotected vulnerable
ADJECTIVE
legal
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constitutional contractual fair juridical lawful legitimate proper statutory valid
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acknowledged authorized card-carrying chartered clean condign decreed due enforceable enforced enjoined forensic granted innocent judged judicial just justifiable justified legalized legit licit on the level on the up and up ordained passed precedented prescribed protected right rightful sanctioned sound straight sure-enough warranted within the law
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illegal illegitimate invalid unacceptable unlawful
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illicit wrong
ADJECTIVE
licensed
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accredited approved certified permitted
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refused
ADJECTIVE
permitted
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acceptable allowable approved authorized licensed sanctioned
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accorded chartered conceded consented favored legalized let okay tolerated
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denied prohibited refused unacceptable
ADJECTIVE
recognized
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accepted identified known perceived remembered sanctioned
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admitted caught realized recalled sighted
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customary
ADJECTIVE
sanctioned
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accepted approved licensed permitted
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accredited confirmed empowered okayed warranted
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refused
ADJECTIVE
unrestricted
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unconditional unlimited unregulated
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able at liberty free-spirited independent lax liberal liberated on one's own open relaxed unbounded uncommitted unconstrained
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incomplete limited
ADJECTIVE
warranted
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assured certified guaranteed justified sanctioned secured
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allowable
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uncertain
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unjustified unwarranted

Example Sentences

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Police department policy at the time allowed the ranking officer to order the devices disabled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

A deal revision allowed Microsoft to pursue superintelligence, leading Mustafa Suleyman to launch a new AI unit in November.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

He was getting ahead in the count of batters and putting them away, while also inducing soft contact, which allowed him to go deep into the game.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

It has allowed us to translate an increasingly complex world into tools that anyone can understand and apply.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

I allowed Opal to rattle off any ridiculous name she wanted.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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