permit
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a legal document giving official permission to do something
Types & categories
- legal document hypernym
- building permit hyponym
- driver's license hyponym
- fishing license hyponym
- hunting license hyponym
- learner's permit hyponym
- letter of marque hyponym
- liquor license hyponym
- marriage license hyponym
- occupation license hyponym
- liberty chit hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
consent to, give permission
She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- nix antonym
- permission derivation
- license derivation
- sanction derivation
- permissible derivation
- allowable derivation
- permissive derivation
- grant verb group
Sense 3 noun
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Types & categories
- empowerment hypernym
- clearance hyponym
- conge hyponym
- allowance hyponym
- dispensation hyponym
- toleration hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
This permits the water to rush in
Types & categories
- pass hyponym
Related & opposite
- prevent antonym
Sense 5 noun
large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies
Types & categories
- pompano hypernym
Sense 6 verb
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
We don't allow dogs here
Types & categories
- permit hypernym
Related & opposite
- permission derivation
- allowance derivation
- leeway derivation
- license derivation
- permissive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | permit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | permit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | license |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | legal document |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | building permit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | driver's license |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fishing license |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hunting license |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | learner's permit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | letter of marque |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | liquor license |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | marriage license |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | occupation license |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | liberty chit |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | nix |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | license |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permissible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permissive |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | grant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | consent |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brook |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | furlough |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | give |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | permit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | authorize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | let in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | privilege |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | legitimate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trust |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | allow in |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | permit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | permit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | license |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | empowerment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clearance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | conge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | allowance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispensation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | toleration |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | prevent |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pass |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | pompano |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | permission |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowance |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | leeway |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | license |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | permissive |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | permit |