Defenition of the word permissive

• Defenition of the word permissive

  • granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents"
  • not preventive
  • granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline

Synonyms for the word permissive

• • accommodating
  • free
  • free-for-all
  • hands-off
  • laissez-faire
  • lax
  • lenient
  • liberal
  • loose
  • nonjudgmental
  • tolerant
  • unautocratic
  • unfettered
  • unregulated

Similar words in the permissive

• • admitting of
  • admitting of(p)
  • allowing of
  • allowing of(p)
  • bailable
  • indulgent
  • lax
  • lenient
  • permissive
  • permissively
  • permissiveness
  • permissiveness's
  • permitting of
  • permitting of(p)
  • soft

Antonyms for the word permissive

• • preventative
  • preventive
  • unpermissive

See other words

• • What is non-judgmental
  • The definition of decadent
  • The interpretation of the word easygoing
  • What is meant by leniently
  • The lexical meaning uncomplicated
  • The dictionary meaning of the word unproblematic
  • The grammatical meaning of the word trouble-free
  • Meaning of the word standoff
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word stress-free
  • The origin of the word sloppy
  • Synonym for the word laxes
  • Antonyms for the word laxative
  • Homonyms for the word laxatives
  • Hyponyms for the word laxest
  • Holonyms for the word laxness
  • Hypernyms for the word melodic
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word easy on the ear
  • Translation of the word in other languages laxly