Similar Words

— bailable
— indulgent
— lenient
— paranoiac
— permissible
— permission
— pernicious
— prance
— prankish
— premise
— primacy
— prince
— princely
— principal
— principle
— principled
— principles
— promiscuous
— promise
— promised
— promising
— prong
— prying
— soft

Misspelling

ermissive, peermissivee, perimssive, permi?ive, permiissiive, permisive, permissiv, permissivve, permissssive, permizzive, permmissive, pernissive, perrmissive, ppermissive

Permissive — synonyms, permissive antonyms, definition

1. permissive (a)

12 synonyms

accordant acquiescent agreeable allowing assenting indulgent lax liberal permitting sanctioning soft tolerant

2. permissive (Adjective)

2 antonyms

preventive unpermissive

2 definitions

permissive (Adjective) — Not preventive.

permissive (Adjective) — Granting, inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline. ex. "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive" ex. "permissive parents"

2 see also

permissiveness tolerance