Thesaurus / allows
FEEDBACK- authorize
- oblige
- recognize
- support
- tolerate
- favor
- pass
- release
- approve
- accord
- certify
- okay
- license
- consent
- indulge
- endorse
- brook
- bear
- commission
- admit
- let
- stand
- sanction
- suffer
- warrant
- empower
- accredit
- endure
- hear of
- be big
- be game for
- 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
- hold with
- live with
- pass on
- put up with
- sit still for
- take kindly to
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antonyms for allows
MOST RELEVANT
- keep
- hold
- repel
- disagree
- oppose
- withstand
- resist
- prohibit
- forbid
- prevent
- protest
- dissent
- withhold
- veto
- refuse
- disapprove
- disallow
- reject
- deny
- hold
- keep
- take
- withstand
- resist
- protest
- prohibit
- forbid
- disapprove
- disallow
- reject
- refuse
- deny
- withhold
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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For a "cold collation on the occasion of the audit" our Council always allows 10.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 107, NOVEMBER 3, 1894VARIOUSIs there any earthly father who would allow his children to suffer as God allows Man to suffer?
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDBut in the great famines, as in India and Russia, God allows millions to die of starvation.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDAt sea he allows her to wear an easy negligé, but in port she must appear in full dress.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERThis increased pressure above the balls allows them to return to their original position, under the influence of gravity.
THE RECENT REVOLUTION IN ORGAN BUILDINGGEORGE LAING MILLERMr. Conyers, the vicar, allows your husband eighty pounds a year for his ministerial services.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIEThe religion of the Chinese allows them to have a number of wives, but in this respect they are far behind the Mahomedans.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERBut that "blindness to the future kindly given," allows them a few hours of sad enjoyment.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMIt's a legal thing that allows railroads to take land necessary to its operation—paying for it, of course.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDThe young scholar always allows himself a number of libertine sonnets, and we avow it is particularly disagreeable to us.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFETHOPHILE GAUTIER