allowed

Meanings

Verb

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
• consent to, give permission
• let have
  • "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
• allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
• afford possibility
• allow the other (baseball) team to score
• grant as a discount or in exchange
  • "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"
• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
• simple past and past participle of allow

Adj

• Permitted, authorized.
• Allotted.
• Acknowledged; admitted to be true.

Synonyms

admit, allow, allow for, appropriate, countenance, earmark, give up, grant, leave, let, permit, provide, reserve, set aside, take into account, tolerate

Antonyms

banned, deny, disallow, forbid, forbidden, prevent, prohibited