Synonyms of carte blanche

carte blanche

noun

as in free hand

permission to do something in any way you choose to do it

We gave the decorator carte blanche to furnish the house.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• free hand
• blank check
• uninhibitedness
• abandon
• spontaneity
• unrestraint
• permissiveness
• ease
• zeal
• lightheartedness
• exuberance
• fervor
• warmth
• unconstraint
• naturalness
• abandonment
• zealotry
• carelessness
• zealousness
• recklessness
• spontaneousness
• enthusiasm
• indiscretion
• insouciance
• spirit
• impulsivity
• unself-consciousness
• heedlessness
• impulsiveness
• ardor
• thoughtlessness
• excess
• casualness
• immoderacy
• incontinence
• wildness
• indulgence
• excessiveness
• offhandedness
• licentiousness
• intemperance
• wantonness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reserve
• embarrassment
• suppression
• reticence
• inhibition
• uneasiness
• repression
• discretion
• discipline
• self-consciousness
• restraint
• constraint
• carefulness
• willpower
• self-restraint
• self-control
• self-discipline
• discreetness
• heedfulness
• self-denial
• self-mastery
• self-command

Examples of carte blanche in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But a Donald Trump who takes office on Jan. 20, 2025, will read it as carte blanche. —Philip Bump, Washington Post, 1 July 2024

Wrangel Island had no predators—including humans—and no other grazing animals, which gave the woolly mammoths carte blanche to munch and reproduce freely. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024

Following a mob that is devoid of any critical thinking is giving carte blanche to the very politicians that are bent on eliminating the essence of our Constitution and Bill of Rights. —Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2024

For it, the designer, who crafted France’s Olympic uniforms, was given carte blanche to work with the house’s ateliers. —Lily Templeton, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019

Podcast

Get Word of the Day delivered to your inbox!