admit

Verbs

  • (v) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
    • He admitted his errors
    • She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
    acknowledge,
  • (v) allow to enter; grant entry to
    • We cannot admit non-members into our club building
    • This pipe admits air
    allow in, intromit, let in,
  • (v) allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
    • admit someone to the profession
    • She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar
    let in, include,
  • (v) admit into a group or community
    • accept students for graduate study
    • We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
    take on, accept, take,
  • (v) afford possibility
    • This problem admits of no solution
    • This short story allows of several different interpretations
    allow,
  • (v) give access or entrance to
    • The French doors admit onto the yard
  • (v) have room for; hold without crowding
    • This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
    • The theater admits 300 people
    • The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people
    accommodate, hold,
  • (v) serve as a means of entrance
    • This ticket will admit one adult to the show

Synonyms

acknowledge allow in intromit let in include take on accept take allow accommodate hold

Antonyms

deny turn down turn away refuse reject keep out shut out exclude shut

Words of close approximity

admix
adman admix
admittable admittance admittedly admittible