5 Letters
3 Consonants
2 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use allow as a verb in a sentence.
About Allow
A 2 syllables verb and 5 letters with the letters a, l, o, and w, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter l. Allow starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, al, all, allo, and the ending characters are w, ow, low, llow, . Allow is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
Allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Allow is set as a grade one word that starts with a, ends with w, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
Scrabble
Is allow a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Allow in Pig Latin is said as "alloway or allowway".
Unigram
a | l | l | o | w
Bigram
al | ll | lo | ow
Trigram
all | llo | low
Quadrigram
allo | llow
Word Gram
Verb Examples
allow or plan for a certain possibility;
concede the truth or validity of something;
"I allow for this possibility";
"The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;
"I will earmark this money for your research"

allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting;
"We don't allow dogs here";
"Children are not permitted beyond this point";
"We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"
let have;
"grant permission";
"Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
grant as a discount or in exchange;
"The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"

allow the other (baseball) team to score;
"give up a run"
make a possibility or provide opportunity for;
permit to be attainable or cause to remain;
"This leaves no room for improvement";
"The evidence allows only one conclusion";
"allow for mistakes";
"leave lots of time for the trip";
"This procedure provides
afford possibility;
"This problem admits of no solution";
"This short story allows of several different interpretations"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Allow"

There are 428 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to allow.

SynonymDefinition
Abatebecome less in amount or intensity
"The storm abated"
"The rain let up after a few hours"
Abideput up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"
"The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"
"he learned to tolerate the heat"
"She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
Absorbcause to become one with
"The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
Accedeto agree or express agreement
"The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"
Accepttolerate or accommodate oneself to
"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"
"I swallowed the insult"
"She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncracies"
Accordsympathetic compatibility
Accountthe quality of taking advantage
"she turned her writing skills to good account"
Acknowledgeaccept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
"The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"
"We do not recognize your gods"
Acquiesceto agree or express agreement
"The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"
Acquiescenceagreement with a statement or proposal to do something
"he gave his assent eagerly"
"a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"

View all cognitive synonyms for Allow

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from allow.

Anagram Definition
Allowallow or plan for a certain possibility
concede the truth or validity of something
"I allow for this possibility"
"The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"

View English words with the unique letters used in allow. Words With The Letters Alow

Hypernyms

Allow has 6 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Calculatemake a mathematical calculation or computation
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Estimatea judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
"many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"
"in my estimation the boy is innocent"
Figurea predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
"she made the best score on compulsory figures"
Forecasta prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
Reckonexpect, believe, or suppose
"I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"
"I thought to find her in a bad state"
"he didn''t think to find her in the kitchen"
"I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

Hyponyms

There are 1 hyponyms for allow

Word Definition
Budget For

Names With The Word "Allow"

2 names are spelled with allow.

NameMaleFemale
CallowayNoNo
GallowayYesNo

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word allow.

Is allow a scrabble word or can you use allow in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 87138 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 106438 games. This 5 letter 8 point scrabble word can be rearranged 60 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, l, o, and w? There's 4 with 7 letters or less with the letters a, l, o, and w. Here is a list of 4 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Wallow (6 letters) 12 +4 14 +4 wallow
AWOL (4 letters) 7 8 awol
Allow (5 letters) 8 10 allow
Lay Low (7 letters)





     

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