The Meaning of admit

• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.
• (v. t.) To allow (one) 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.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) 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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

deny , reject , exclude

Rhymes

acquit , armpit , barritt , befit , bit , boblitt , brit , britt , bullshit , burditt , chit , clampitt , cockpit , commit , counterfeit , dewitt , dewitte , douthit , douthitt , emit , fit , fitt , flit , fytte , gillett , goldschmidt , grit , hit , hitt , hypocrite , identikit , it , it-wit , kit , knit , lafitte , legit , lit , litt , mcnitt , messerschmitt , misfit , mitt , moonlit , nit , obit , omit , outfit , outwit , permit , pit , pitt , plitt , politte , presplit , pritt , quit , readmit , recommit , remit , resubmit , retrofit , savitt , schmidt , schmit , schmitt , shit , sit , skit , slit , smit , spit , split , stitt , submit , sunlit , tidbit , tit , transmit , tritt , unfit , vitt , whit , whitt , wit , witt , witte , writ