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Synonyms for permissive
pərˈmɪs ɪvper·mis·sive
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Princeton's WordNet
permissiveadjective
not preventive
Antonyms:
blockading, hindering, obviating(a), deterrent, preventative, thwarting, precautionary, prohibitory, preemptive, preclusive, frustrative, obstructive, prohibitive, pre-emptive, unpermissive, impeding, precautional, frustrating, clogging, preventivepermissiveadjective
granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
"direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents"
Antonyms:
hindering, deterrent, preclusive, prohibitory, thwarting, blockading, preventative, clogging, frustrating, obstructive, unpermissive, pre-emptive, impeding, preventive, precautionary, frustrative, preemptive, prohibitive, obviating(a), precautional
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1984 | optional | |
#16820 | tolerant | |
#17068 | lax | |
#24389 | conducive | |
#40296 | permissive |
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A diet plan is only good if you can realistically adhere to it, so it’s key to structure the plan around your specific lifestyle and to build permissive indulgent moments into the plan, like a weekly programmed cheat meal on Saturday night when you know you’ll be around friends and family.
While we share the sentiments of the bill, in order to preserve the Secretary’s flexibility to manage the Department, revisions would be appropriate to make mandates and prescriptive provisions into permissive authorities, such that the Secretary would be authorized to set up the office and envoy.
Ichthyornis shows the ways in which evolution is both complex and elegant, permissive of individual changes and massive integrated transformations.
We put some parameters on it but try to be as permissive as possible to let these institutions best help their student-athletes.
I just want to make very clear, people who experience a same-sex attraction are not responsible individually or solely for the atmosphere of the sexual revolution, you know it. It’s a long time coming. It came after no-fault divorce. It came after we implemented very permissive policies on contraception. The sexual revolution has gone through several phases. We just happen to be at the phase now where same sex marriages is at the fore.
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