license: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 9 letter points · starts with L · ends with E
Meaning of license
noun
- US, countable, uncountable
A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- US, countable, uncountable
The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- US, countable, uncountable
Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
- US, countable, uncountable
Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
Listed forms: licenses, licence.
Source: Wiktionary — license.
verb
- US
To authorize officially.
Example: I am licensed to practice law in this state.
- US, transitive
(applied to a piece of intellectual property) To give formal authorization to use.
Example: It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.
- US, transitive
(applied to a piece of intellectual property) To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
Example: The filmmakers licensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack.
- US, transitive
To give permission or freedom to; accept.
Listed forms: licenses, licensing, licensed, licence.
Source: Wiktionary — license.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for license.
noun
a legal document giving official permission to do something
noun
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
noun
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
noun
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is license in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of license
L(1) + I(1) + C(3) + E(1) + N(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of license
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from license
64 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in license. Showing up to 24, longest first.