Synonyms for permissive
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Lenient — giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient
lenient, indulgent, lax, soft, tolerant, relaxed, easy-going, liberal, open-minded, favorable US, favourable UK, broad-minded, latitudinarian, hypertolerant, forbearing, clement
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient.
Related words
- Word family
- permissiveness permit
- Phrases
- permissive waste
- Is a kind of
- benevolent compassionate empathetic kind sympathetic
Example sentences
- tolerant His parents are tolerant of his self-indulgence.
- lax Better short and sweet, than long and lax.
- lenient Whoever is lenient with the wicked harms the good.
- indulgent I suppose we're a little too indulgent to the dog.
By length
- 3 letters
- lax1
- 4 letters
- soft1
- 7 letters
- liberal3, relaxed2, clement2, lenient3
- 8 letters
- tolerant3
- 9 letters
- favorable4, indulgent3
- 10 letters
- favourable, forbearing
- 13 letters
- hypertolerant
- 14 letters
- latitudinarian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liberal3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- permissif
- Italiano
- permissivo