permit

1. 1.

   consent to, give permission

   “She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband”

   “I won't let the police search her basement”

   “I cannot allow you to see your exam”

   Synonymsallowletcountenance

   Antonymsforbid

   Broaderaccept

   Narrowerdigestfurloughgiveallowauthorizeadmitprivilegelegalizetrust
2. 2.

   make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

   “This permits the water to rush in”

   “This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement”

   “This will permit the rain to run off”

   Synonymsletallow

   Narrowerpass
3. 3.

   allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

   “We don't allow dogs here”

   “Children are not permitted beyond this point”

   “We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital”

   Synonymsallowtolerate

Other forms of permit

plural

permits·

past tense or participle

permitted

present participle

permitting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about permit

What does permit mean?

permit means "a legal document giving official permission to do something". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in permit?

permit has 2 syllables: per-mit. The stress falls on "mit". In IPA it is /pɚˈmɪt/.

What is another word for permit?

Close synonyms include license, licence, license, permission, Trachinotus falcatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of permit?

The recorded antonyms are forbid.

Is permit a common word?

permit is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with permit?

10 words rhyme with permit. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.