Synonyms for admission
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Admittance — permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
admittance, entrance, access, entry, pass, introduction, reception, initiation, entree, accession
2. Avowal
acknowledgement UK, acknowledgment US, avowal, confession
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
I request admission for two adults.
- n. 2
The act or practice of admitting.
Related words
- Phrases
- open admission
Forms
- Plural
- admissions → admittances, entrances, accesses, entries…
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Entrance, the act of entering, refers merely to the fact of passing from without to within some enclosure; admission and admittance refer to entering by or with some one's consent, or at least to opportunity afforded by some one's act or neglect.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- entry You were refused entry because you were too drunk.
- entrance I must sit for the entrance examination next year.
- accession Most Albanians support the accession of their country to the EU.
- admittance No admittance during the performance.
- concession Tom works at a movie theater concession stand.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| admission | falling | |
| entry | steady | |
| entrance | steady | |
| accession | steady | |
| admittance | falling | |
| concession | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pass1
- 5 letters
- entry2
- 6 letters
- access2, entree2, avowal
- 8 letters
- entrance2
- 9 letters
- reception3, allowance3, accession3
- 10 letters
- confession3, concession3, initiation5, admittance3
- 11 letters
- concurrence3
- 12 letters
- introduction4
- 14 letters
- acknowledgment4
- 15 letters
- acknowledgement4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (entry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- admission
- Italiano
- ammissione
- Español
- admisión
- Català
- admissió