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enabling

The word “enabling” has 3 syllables: en-a-bling

It's pronounced as /ɪˈneɪ.blɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for enabling?

In the thesaurus, “enabling” has 74 synonyms and 43 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for enabling along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for enabling

Antonyms for enabling

  • ban
  • banning
  • barring
  • blocking
  • constraining
  • constraint
  • denying
  • disallowing
  • disbarring
  • discouraging
  • disenfranchising
  • disfranchising
  • disqualifying
  • embargo
  • enjoining
  • excluding
  • forbidding
  • hindering
  • holding back
  • impeding
  • inhibiting
  • inhibition
  • interdict
  • interdicting
  • interdiction
  • limitation
  • no-no
  • obstructing
  • outlawing
  • precluding
  • preventing
  • prohibiting
  • prohibition
  • proscribing
  • proscription
  • restraint
  • restriction
  • shutting out
  • stopping
  • taboo
  • tabu
  • veto
  • vetoing

Meanings of enabling

  • verb
    1. To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
    2. To affirm; to make firm and strong.
    3. To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
    4. To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
    5. To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
    6. To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
    7. To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
  • noun
    1. An act or an instance of something being enabled.

Example Sentences

  • The software is enabling real-time collaboration among team members.
  • Her encouragement was key to enabling his success.
  • We are enabling new features in the next system update.
  • The infrastructure is enabling faster internet access in rural areas.
  • By enabling notifications, users can stay updated instantly.

On this page you'll find 117 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to enabling, such as: accession, accrediting, acquiescence, affirming, agreement, allowance, allowing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

qualifying

sanctioning

warranting

accrediting

okaying

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