allowance | Definition of allowance

Synonyms and Antonyms of allowance

1 something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group

as the war progressed, each family's allowance of sugar and flour was reduced

Synonyms of allowance

allotment, cut, end, part, piece, portion, proportion, quota, share, slice, take

Words Related to allowance

commission, percentage

member, partition, section, segment

Phrases Synonymous with allowance

piece of the action

Near Antonyms of allowance

aggregate, composite, compound, pool, sum, total, totality

2 the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something

without the official allowance of the school board, no organization can hold its meetings on school property

Synonyms of allowance

authorization, clearance, concurrence, consent, granting, green light, leave, license (or licence), permission, sanction, sufferance, warrant

Words Related to allowance

imprimatur, seal, signature, stamp

accreditation, certification

concession, patent, permit

tolerance, toleration

acceptance, acquiescence, agreement, assent, OK (or okay)

Near Antonyms of allowance

denial, refusal, rejection, revocation

taboo (also tabu)

injunction, veto

deterrence, discouragement, repression, suppression

ban, embargo, exclusion

Antonyms of allowance

interdiction, prohibition, proscription