LETTING Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

letting 1 of 2

noun

as in allowing

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letting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of let

as in permitting

to give permission to my parents would not let me drive until I had a job and could pay for my own gas

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as in renting

chiefly British to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment the pensioner has begun letting rooms in her home to earn some extra money

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as in enabling

to make able or possible the low gravity on the moon lets you make enormous leaps and jumps

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as in tolerating

to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference they let their kids get away with murder

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Recent Examples of letting

Noun

The disappointment of a tournament defeat always turns to anger and, very quickly, the need for blood-letting. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026 Good health relied on keeping them in balance, by blood-letting for example. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 Apr. 2026 Social media is one of the key drivers and reinforcers of anti-Semitic extremism; tweets like Abd el-Fattah’s are not just harmless letting-off of steam. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025

Verb

Intravenous lines can fail for several reasons, like a needle and catheter not being properly placed in a vein or wiggling out of place — or a vein rupturing and letting blood and IV fluid leak into tissue surrounding the IV site. — Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Letting Short-Term Pressure Dictate Decisions One mistake is letting short-term pressure dictate the decision. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The Stock Market Game™ does the same, letting students research real investments and weigh risk against reward. — Michael Poore Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026 Though badly hurt, Indian captain Smit Machchhar fought back and opened the cockpit door, letting passengers and crew overpower the attacker. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Never using a squeegee and letting the water air dry all the time. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026 The latter—which perhaps pulls inspiration from the early addiction recovery phrase used to describe the honeymoon period of sobriety—details taking ownership of letting a romantic partner down. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026 In response to that case, a biotech CEO recently warned in these pages that letting courts and politicians second-guess the FDA’s scientific judgment endangers the whole drug pipeline. — Julie F. Kay, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026 Ben Affleck’s three children are not letting him off the hook for his past dating decisions. — Staff Author, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The Stresa shoe was a key model in the collection, drawing on the aesthetic of modern unlined loafers, with a sleek silhouette thanks to the ultra-flexible sole allowing for natural movement.

— Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 21 June 2026

Definition of allowing

Verb

But Chicago still needs better zoning and permitting to jump-start development, such as allowing multifamily buildings on smaller-sized lots.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Hilton proposed cutting permitting costs and building out rather than up.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of permitting

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Biomimetic propulsion creates a smooth laminar flow, enabling stealthy underwater mapping and long-term marine life monitoring.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
An example of a successful investment would be an enterprise that grows 10 times within three to four years, enabling it to be sold to a larger company.

— Frank Williamson, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of enabling

Verb

Egyptian authorities alternated over the decades between tolerating and repressing the group, which was permitted to field candidates in elections for brief periods.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
The next era of leadership is not about tolerating relentless pressure.

— J.K. Dickinson, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of tolerating

Verb

For comparison, SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy vehicles — the only rockets that have flown out of Pad 39A since SpaceX started leasing it from NASA in 2014 — are both about 230 feet (70 m) tall.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Although restaurant management did not respond to a request from The Sacramento Bee for comment, Kelly Rule, senior vice president of leasing for Pappas Investments told The Bee the restaurant chose not to renew its lease.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of leasing

Verb

October 06, 2026 Optimism isn’t about ignoring problems or pretending everything will work out.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 6 Oct. 2026
Sutskever is the moral center of the film and grows increasingly uncomfortable as Altman forges ahead with complicated AI models that have learned how to lie, willfully ignoring risks.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026