'Permissive' definitions:
Definition of 'permissive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not preventive [ant: preventative, preventive]
adjective
Granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents" [ant: unpermissive]
Definition of 'Permissive'
From: GCIDE
- Permissive \Per*mis"sive\ (p[~e]r*m[i^]s"s[i^]v), a.
- 1. Permitting; granting leave or liberty. "By his permissive will." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Permitted; tolerated; suffered. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'permissive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodating,
- accordant,
- acquiescent,
- admissive,
- affable,
- affirmative,
- agreeable,
- agreeing,
- allowing,
- amiable,
- approving,
- assenting,
- benevolent,
- benign,
- benignant,
- broad-minded,
- careless,
- complaisant,
- compliable,
- compliant,
- conditional,
- consentient,
- consenting,
- content,
- culpably negligent,
- decent,
- derelict,
- eager,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- endorsing,
- favorable,
- freethinking,
- generous,
- gracious,
- imperative,
- impotent,
- imprecise,
- inadvertent,
- inattentive,
- indicative,
- indifferent,
- indulgent,
- jussive,
- kind,
- kindly,
- laissez-faire,
- latitudinarian,
- lax,
- lenient,
- liberal,
- libertarian,
- libertine,
- loose,
- mode,
- mood,
- neglectful,
- neglecting,
- negligent,
- noninterfering,
- nonprohibitive,
- nonrestrictive,
- nothing loath,
- obligative,
- obliging,
- off-guard,
- open-minded,
- optative,
- overindulgent,
- overly permissive,
- overpermissive,
- permitting,
- potential,
- procrastinating,
- prompt,
- ratifying,
- ready,
- relaxed,
- remiss,
- sanctioning,
- scamping,
- skimping,
- slack,
- slighting,
- slipshod,
- sloppy,
- slurring,
- soft,
- subjunctive,
- submissive,
- suffering,
- tolerant,
- tolerating,
- unbigoted,
- uncircumspect,
- ungrudging,
- unguarded,
- unloath,
- unprohibitive,
- unrefusing,
- unreluctant,
- unrestrained,
- unrigorous,
- unwary,
- unwatchful,
- weak,
- willing