allowing

ADJECTIVE

lenient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

benign compassionate compliant forgiving indulgent sympathetic tolerant

WEAK

amiable assuaging assuasive being big benignant charitable clement complaisant condoning easy easygoing emollient excusing favoring forbearing gentle going easy on good-natured humoring kind kindly letting live with loving merciful mild mollycoddling obliging pampering pardoning permitting soft soft-shell softhearted sparing spoiling tender yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hateful merciless

WEAK

hard intolerant limiting restrictive rigorous severe

ADJECTIVE

permissive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

indulgent lax open-minded tolerant

WEAK

acquiescent agreeable approving easygoing forbearing free latitudinarian liberal permitting susceptible

Antonyms

STRONGEST

strict

WEAK

intolerant mean

ADJECTIVE

permitting

Synonyms

STRONG

authorizing granting letting licensing sanctioning tolerating

WEAK

lenient permissive

CONJUNCTION

though

Synonyms

STRONGEST

although even if even though yet

STRONG

despite the fact notwithstanding

WEAK

albeit despite

NOUN

acknowledgment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptance admission affirmation assent assertion concession confession confirmation corroboration realization recognition

STRONG

accession acquiescence allowance avowal compliance conceding concurrence declaration profession ratification yielding

WEAK

admitting asservation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

denial disagreement dissent refusal rejection repudiation veto

NOUN

giving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

offering

STRONG

awarding bequeathing ceding conferring contributing conveying dispensing distributing donating endowing expending furnishing granting imparting permitting presenting remitting supplying transferring yielding

WEAK

doling out handing out passing out

Antonyms

WEAK

appropriating getting taking

Example Sentences

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For nearly 25 years, GoPro cameras have gone underwater, glided with parachutes and slipped down ski slopes, allowing the adventurous to record images of their experiences.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

In Albania, protester demands vary from halting the project, to reversing a law allowing development in protected areas, to ending corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

They are trained on enormous amounts of text and learn patterns in language, allowing them to generate responses that often appear remarkably human.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

A new BBC predictor game is being introduced for this World Cup, allowing readers to pick a winner from every match, or go for a draw.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It would have to suit Simon’s talents and temperament, while also allowing him to be completely unrecognizable.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

allowing

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