permissive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not preventive
Related & opposite
- preventative antonym
- bailable similar to
Sense 2 adjective
granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive
Related & opposite
- unpermissive antonym
- permissiveness attribute
- permissiveness derivation
- permit derivation
- permit derivation
- lenient similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | preventative |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bailable |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unpermissive |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | permissiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permissiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permit |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | lenient |