Word Meanings - ADMIT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause. 2. To give
Additional info about word: ADMIT
1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause. 2. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket one into a playhouse. 3. To allow to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail. 4. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt. 5. To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted. Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king. Hume.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ADMIT)
- Accept
- Welcome
- hail
- admit
- recognize
- avow
- acknowledge
- take
- accede to
- receive
- assent to
- Acknowledge
- Avow
- own
- accept
- profess
- endorse
- grant
- concede
- concern
- Agree
- Suit
- tally
- accord
- fit
- harmonize
- combine
- assent
- concur
- acquiesce
- consent
- conform
- consort
- comport
- coincide
- Allow
- Concede
- apportion
- allot
- assign
- afford
- tolerate
- authorize
- remit
- confess
- permit
- suffer
- sanction
- yield
- Bear
- Carry
- lift
- transport
- convey
- maintain
- uphold
- undergo
- support
- waft
- sustain
- hold
- harbor
- entertain
- fill
- enact
- endure
- produce
- generate
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ADMIT)
- Avoid
- abandon
- excommunicate
- blackball
- banish
- exclude
- Eject
- expel
- discard
- discourage
- stifle
- dismiss
- Drop
- betray
- surrender
- discontinue
- oppose
- weaken
- exhaust
- thwart
- discountenance
- disfavor
- subvert
- suppress
Related words: (words related to ADMIT)
- ASSIGNEE
In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. (more info) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, - PROFESSORY
Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon. - CONFESSION
The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. Hallam. 4. A formulary - MAINTAIN
by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; - RECEIVER'S CERTIFICATE
An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that - DISMISSIVE
Giving dismission. - SUSTAIN
F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains - ACCEPTABLE
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us. - SUPPORTABLE
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv. - ADMITTER
One who admits. - STIFLED
Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne. - EJECTOR
A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser , a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses. - CONSENTANEOUS
Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n. - PROFESSORIALISM
The character, manners, or habits of a professor. - CONFESSER
One who makes a confession. - ENDORSER
See INDORSER - ASSENTATORY
Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv. - CONSORTSHIP
The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond. - SUPPORTATION
Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon. - PERMIT
1. To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with. What things God doth neither command nor forbid . . . he permitteth with approbation either to be done or left undone. Hooker. 2. To grant express license or liberty - DEJECTION
1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides, - LONG-SUFFERANCE
Forbearance to punish or resent. - ACCIDENTALLY
In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially. - CALLOW
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play . - HALLOW
To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed - THRYFALLOW
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser. - SUPREMITY
Supremacy. Fuller. - MALCONFORMATION
Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts. - DEJECTORY
1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.