clearance Antonyms
Opposite of clearance
• noun (Context 1)
Official authorization or permission for a person, vehicle, or action to proceed, or the status of having passed a security check allowing access to restricted information or areas.
"The engineer had to wait several weeks to receive her high-level security prohibition before starting the project."
• noun (Context 2)
The action or process of removing unwanted items, obstacles, or structures from a space, or a retail sale in which merchandise is disposed of at reduced prices.
"She bought her winter coat at a steep discount during the store's annual end-of-season accumulation."
• noun (Context 3)
The clear open space or distance between two objects, especially the space available for a vehicle, vessel, or machine part to pass beyond or beneath an obstruction without colliding.
"The delivery truck could not pass under the old stone bridge because the vertical obstruction was only ten feet."
Similar words to clearance
Words similar to clearance shift depending on context. Common synonyms include: