Synonyms for clearance
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Authorization
authorization UK US, authorisation UK, permission, authority, warrant, leave, allowance, consent, sanction
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.
- n. 2
The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- clearances → headrooms, headways, authorizations, permissions…
Example sentences
- clearing Paul never returned to that clearing in the woods.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| clearance | falling | |
| clearing | steady | |
| closeout | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- leave1
- 7 letters
- release2, consent2, warrant2, headway2
- 8 letters
- clearing2, sanction2, headroom2, closeout
- 9 letters
- authority4, allowance3, discharge2, remission3, acquittal3, quittance
- 10 letters
- permission3, absolution4
- 11 letters
- exoneration5, acquittance
- 13 letters
- authorization5, authorisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (release2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- habilitation
- Italiano
- abilitazione