Synonyms for Authority:

• n.

  •
  • dispensation.
  •
  • police,
  • administration (of an estate),
  • court.
  •
  • constabulary,
  • study at,
  • the boys in blue,
  • the fuzz,
  • the force,
  • the (old) bill,
  • the authorities,
  • police force,
  • the law,
  • the Garda.
  •
  • club,
  • over.
  •
  • ability.
  •
  • dab,
  • proficient.
  •administration (noun)
  • over-sight,
  • over-seeing,
  • over sight,
  • directings,
  • pro vision,
  • administerings,
  • dis-positions,
  • dis positions,
  • super-vision,
  • over seeing,
  • pro-visions,
  • dis-position,
  • governings,
  • over-sights,
  • over-seeings,
  • overseeings,
  • super vision,
  • pro-vision,
  • conductings,
  • over sights,
  • super-visions,
  • pro visions,
  • dis position,
  • super visions,
  • over seeings.
  •administrator (noun)
  • super visors,
  • over seers,
  • over seer,
  • person upstair,
  • super-visors,
  • super-visor,
  • head people,
  • head honchos,
  • head persons,
  • super visor,
  • over-seers,
  • prezzes.
  •advantage (noun)
  • pre-valence,
  • pre valences,
  • re turns,
  • pro fits,
  • re-turns,
  • re source,
  • leg ups,
  • legup,
  • pro-fits,
  • re turn,
  • pro-fit,
  • re-cognitions,
  • pro fit,
  • re-cognition,
  • re-source,
  • re sources,
  • Re-turn,
  • re cognition,
  • leg-ups,
  • re cognitions,
  • pre valence,
  • re-sources,
  • pre-valences,
  • legups.
  •adviser/advisor (noun)
  • righthand persons,
  • second guessers,
  • buttinskis,
  • second guesser,
  • second-guessers,
  • secondguesser,
  • secondguessers,
  • clubhouse lawyers,
  • righthand people.
  •agency (noun)
  • agency.
  •arm (noun)
  • ex-tension,
  • ex tensions,
  • ex-tensions,
  • ex tension.
  •artist (noun)
  • artistes,
  • handicrafter,
  • artiste.
  •ascendancy (noun)
  • mastery powers.
  •ascendancy/ascendency (noun)
  • pre dominances,
  • pre dominance,
  • pre-potence,
  • pre potence,
  • pre-dominance,
  • on tops,
  • pre-dominances,
  • pre potences,
  • whip hands,
  • pre-potences,
  • prepotences.
  •assurance (noun)
  • assurance.
  •attribute (noun)
  • authority,
  • dominance,
  • authorisation.
  •authority (noun)
  • seniority,
  • purview,
  • birthright,
  • self-confidence,
  • charge,
  • powerfulness,
  • stature,
  • empowerment,
  • confidence,
  • sureness,
  • mastery,
  • faculty,
  • mandate,
  • credential,
  • government agency,
  • clout,
  • sovereignty,
  • kingship,
  • self-assurance,
  • enfranchisement,
  • puissance,
  • punch,
  • steam,
  • mightiness,
  • license,
  • precedence,
  • cogency,
  • office,
  • federal agency,
  • influence,
  • sanction,
  • strength,
  • scepter.
  •authorization (noun)
  • warrant,
  • say so.
  •base (noun)
  • important parts,
  • infra structure,
  • under pinning,
  • under-pinning,
  • infra-structures,
  • chief constituents,
  • infra structures,
  • primary elements.
  •basis (noun)
  • sub stratums,
  • principal elements,
  • chief ingredients,
  • ex planation,
  • pre-mise,
  • sub-stratum,
  • pre mise,
  • ex-planation,
  • pre supposition,
  • sub-strata,
  • pre-supposition,
  • pre-suppositions,
  • ex planations,
  • ex-planations,
  • sub-stratums,
  • pre suppositions,
  • sub strata,
  • pre mises,
  • sub stratum,
  • pre-mises.
  •bible (noun)
  • sacred writ,
  • sacred writings,
  • sacred writing,
  • the good news,
  • good news,
  • scripture.
  •bureaucracy (noun)
  • ministries,
  • the system,
  • civil service,
  • directorates,
  • powers that be,
  • beadledom,
  • regulatory commission,
  • directorate,
  • officialdom.
  •cabinet (noun)
  • governing bodies,
  • official families.
  •captain (noun)
  • top dogs,
  • four striper,
  • fourstriper,
  • fourstripers,
  • CFOS,
  • four-stripers,
  • four stripers.
  •carte blanche (noun)
  • full powers,
  • unrestricted authorities,
  • sayso,
  • no holds barreds,
  • power attorney,
  • unconditional authorities,
  • unconditional rights,
  • carte-blanche,
  • full authorities.
  •collector (noun)
  • Antiquaries,
  • compiler,
  • accumulators,
  • pack rat,
  • gatherers,
  • accumulator,
  • hobbyists,
  • gatherer,
  • antiquarians,
  • hobbyist,
  • antiquary,
  • finders,
  • compilers.
  •command (noun)
  • reign,
  • discipline,
  • law,
  • will,
  • coordination,
  • grip,
  • grasp.
  •commission (noun)
  • de-legation,
  • de legations,
  • de-legations,
  • de legation.
  •control (noun)
  • containments,
  • juice,
  • restrictions,
  • wire pulling,
  • containment,
  • subjection,
  • predomination.
  •credit (noun)
  • Fame,
  • renowns.
  •critic (noun)
  • re-viewer,
  • re viewers,
  • re-viewers,
  • re viewer.
  •dab hand (noun)
  • dab-hand.
  •dean (noun)
  • pro-fessor,
  • pro fessors,
  • pro-fessors,
  • pro fessor.
  •diploma (noun)
  • shingles,
  • shingle,
  • sheepskins,
  • sheepskin.
  •domain (noun)
  • neck the woods,
  • pro-vinces,
  • de mesne,
  • neck woods,
  • pro vince,
  • pro vinces,
  • pro-vince,
  • de-mesne,
  • home parks.
  •establishment (noun)
  • established orders,
  • thems,
  • established order.
  •expert (noun)
  • crackerjack,
  • whiz,
  • adept,
  • genius,
  • journeyman,
  • maven,
  • sophisticate,
  • buff,
  • connoisseur.
  •expert, animate or inanimate (noun)
  • boss,
  • kingpin,
  • big wig,
  • big cheese,
  • EXEC,
  • scholar,
  • kingfish,
  • czar,
  • ceo,
  • ivory dome,
  • big shot,
  • Brains,
  • top hand,
  • professor,
  • front office,
  • arbiter,
  • city hall,
  • governor,
  • brass,
  • executive,
  • aristocrat,
  • egghead,
  • power elite.
  •force (noun)
  • in-tensity,
  • in tensity,
  • validnesses,
  • impressivenesses.
  •foundation (noun)
  • sub structure,
  • nuts bolts,
  • under structure,
  • sub structures,
  • sub-structures,
  • nittygritty,
  • understructures,
  • sub-structure,
  • under-structures,
  • under structures,
  • under-structure.
  •free hand (noun)
  • free.
  •gospel (noun)
  • be lief,
  • be-lief.
  •governance (noun)
  • predominanc.
  •government (noun)
  • political practices,
  • powers-that-bes,
  • statecrafts.
  •guru (noun)
  • guiding lights.
  •importance (noun)
  • significance.
  •influence (noun)
  • predominance,
  • pressure,
  • bias,
  • pull,
  • motivation,
  • importance.
  •interest (noun)
  • dis counts,
  • dis-counts.
  •judge (noun)
  • mediator,
  • censor,
  • reconciler,
  • magistrate,
  • moderator,
  • adjudicator,
  • his lordship,
  • judiciary,
  • negotiator,
  • lord chancellor,
  • arbitrator,
  • his honor,
  • umpire.
  •jurisdiction (noun)
  • ex-tent,
  • ex tents,
  • ex-tents,
  • ex tent.
  •justice (noun)
  • reasonableness,
  • judicatory,
  • fair play,
  • penalty,
  • square deal,
  • due process,
  • legalizations,
  • justness,
  • Constitutionality,
  • legalization,
  • equity,
  • legal process,
  • fair treatment.
  •leadership (noun)
  • super intendency,
  • fore sights,
  • fore sight,
  • fore-sight,
  • super-intendency,
  • super-intendencies,
  • conductions,
  • pilotages,
  • directorships,
  • super intendencies,
  • superintendencies,
  • fore-sights.
  •legality (noun)
  • permissibility,
  • Legitimateness,
  • licitness,
  • defendability,
  • lawfulness.
  •legitimacy (noun)
  • legitimacy.
  •leverage (noun)
  • suction,
  • Suctions,
  • jump on.
  •management (noun)
  • top brasses,
  • up stairs,
  • micro managements,
  • up-stairs,
  • executive suites.
  •master (noun)
  • mandarin,
  • chief,
  • star,
  • officer,
  • abbot,
  • proprietor,
  • director,
  • squire,
  • headmaster,
  • commander,
  • head,
  • commandant,
  • president,
  • mahatma,
  • sire,
  • leader,
  • proprietress,
  • titleholder,
  • ruler,
  • mother,
  • headmistress,
  • maestro,
  • lord,
  • landlady,
  • quartermaster,
  • principal,
  • landlord,
  • senior.
  •might (noun)
  • qualifiednesses,
  • lustinesses,
  • strenuousnesses,
  • forciblenesses.
  •potency (noun)
  • what take,
  • what it take,
  • what takes,
  • birrs.
  •power (noun)
  • energy,
  • vigor,
  • competence.
  •power, control (noun)
  • pizzazz,
  • stuff,
  • permit,
  • might and main,
  • edge,
  • jump,
  • pow,
  • esteem,
  • goods,
  • word,
  • beef,
  • ropes,
  • zap,
  • guts.
  •precedent (noun)
  • in-stance,
  • in-stances,
  • in stances.
  •preeminence (noun)
  • pre eminences,
  • pre-eminences,
  • pre eminence.
  •prepotency (noun)
  • pre-potencies,
  • pre potency,
  • pre-potency,
  • pre potencies.
  •prerogative (noun)
  • droits.
  •primacy (noun)
  • pre lacy,
  • pre-lacy.
  •professional (noun)
  • old war horses,
  • old warhorse,
  • super stars,
  • old warhorses,
  • super-star,
  • super-stars,
  • super star,
  • old war horse,
  • phenoms,
  • old war-horses.
  •red tape (noun)
  • official form,
  • paper shufflings,
  • bureaucratic paperworks,
  • proper channel,
  • officialisms.
  •reputation (noun)
  • trustworthiness,
  • dependability,
  • repute,
  • dependabilities,
  • acceptability,
  • rep,
  • reliability.
  •responsibility (noun)
  • holding bag,
  • boundnesses,
  • obligatorinesses,
  • answerabilities.
  •right (noun)
  • de-servings,
  • de serving,
  • de-serving,
  • deservings,
  • de sert,
  • de-sert,
  • de servings.
  •royalty (noun)
  • kingships,
  • the crown,
  • Queenship.
  •rule (noun)
  • regnancies.
  •sage (noun)
  • thinker,
  • intellectual,
  • savant,
  • wise person,
  • doctor,
  • sage,
  • philosopher.
  •sanction (noun)
  • sufferances,
  • re commendation,
  • seal approval,
  • stamp approval,
  • re-commendation,
  • goahead,
  • re commendations,
  • re-commendations.
  •significance (noun)
  • weightinesses.
  •source (noun)
  • in formant,
  • be-getter,
  • horses mouths,
  • in-formant,
  • be getter,
  • well spring,
  • starting points,
  • horse's mouths,
  • horse mouths,
  • in formants,
  • be-getters,
  • in-formants,
  • horse mouth,
  • well-springs,
  • well springs,
  • horses mouth,
  • be getters.
  •specialist (noun)
  • attending physicians.
  •superiority (noun)
  • transcendence,
  • Meliority.
  •supremacy (noun)
  • Principalities,
  • supreme authority,
  • absolute rule,
  • principality.
  •throne (noun)
  • cathedrae.
  •title (noun)
  • medal.
  •trump (noun)
  • ace hole,
  • ace the hole.
  •upper hand (noun)
  • trump hand.
  •validation (noun)
  • substantiation,
  • validation,
  • authentication,
  • verification,
  • confirmation,
  • certification.
  •vantage (noun)
  • vantage.
  •virtuoso (noun)
  • intelligents,
  • hot stuffs,
  • no slouches,
  • dillettantes.
  •wizard (noun)
  • wizzes.

• v.

  •control (verb)
  • mastership.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • patriarchy,
  • autobiography,
  • bodice ripper,
  • anthology,
  • mallam,
  • the forefront,
  • clearance,
  • governorship,
  • informed consent,
  • almanac,
  • memoir,
  • hymnal,
  • admittance,
  • page-turner,
  • toleration,
  • quarto,
  • prospectus,
  • greatness,
  • power trip,
  • grad,
  • generalist,
  • chapter book,
  • gentlewoman,
  • blook,
  • encyclopedia,
  • picture book,
  • pocket veto,
  • booklet,
  • bible,
  • first edition,
  • reprint,
  • thesaurus,
  • coffee-table book,
  • pharmacopoeia,
  • presentation copy,
  • bully pulpit,
  • technocrat,
  • paternalism,
  • cookbook,
  • apron strings,
  • dictionary,
  • literature,
  • cookery book,
  • hagiography,
  • enforcement,
  • old-timer,
  • hierarchy,
  • biography,
  • the statute book,
  • misery memoir,
  • parliament,
  • special interest,
  • guild,
  • the old boy network,
  • kahuna,
  • regimentation,
  • grammar,
  • literati,
  • reference book,
  • observer,
  • the intelligentsia,
  • pamphlet,
  • paperback,
  • hardcover,
  • cognoscenti,
  • coursebook,
  • instruction manual,
  • approval,
  • tome,
  • compendium,
  • veto,
  • past master,
  • softback,
  • use,
  • dismissal,
  • yearbook,
  • atlas,
  • luminary,
  • the Guinness Book of Records,
  • handbook,
  • hymn book,
  • graded reader,
  • headship,
  • songbook,
  • dominion,
  • release,
  • bestseller,
  • studbook,
  • hardback,
  • brain trust,
  • remainder,
  • oligopoly,
  • rulebook,
  • power play,
  • dab hand,
  • supervision,
  • licentiate,
  • electronic book,
  • exemption,
  • lordship,
  • pundit,
  • free rein.
  •
  • monolith,
  • force majeure,
  • blessing,
  • manual,
  • miscellany,
  • access,
  • department,
  • admission,
  • high priestess,
  • assumption,
  • primer,
  • tooth,
  • dictation,
  • class act,
  • king,
  • Ph.D.,
  • folio,
  • ace,
  • annual,
  • competency,
  • Storybook,
  • hired gun,
  • symposium,
  • muscle,
  • chair,
  • catalog,
  • tutorial,
  • elite,
  • the last word,
  • nonprofit,
  • setup,
  • warhorse,
  • textbook,
  • blue book,
  • clutch,
  • high priest,
  • federation,
  • publication,
  • sister,
  • pullout,
  • text,
  • official,
  • monopoly,
  • directory.
  •
  • mantle,
  • umbrella,
  • companion,
  • omnibus,
  • spell,
  • success,
  • tyranny,
  • consent,
  • institution.
  •
  • cosmopolitan,
  • leave,
  • structure,
  • program,
  • volume,
  • watch,
  • reader,
  • calendar,
  • reach,
  • graduate.
  •
  • collection.
  •
  • say,
  • superior.
  •
  • book.
  •
  • machine.
  •
  • guide.
  •
  • rise.
  •
  • front.
  •counselor
  • adviser.
  •law-makers
  • legislature.
  •legitimacy
  • legality.
  •perception
  • profundity.
  •regime
  • regency.
  •scope
  • free hand.

Paraphrases for Authority:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Authoritativeness.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    power, powers, Entities.
  • Noun, plural
    powers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    power, powers.
  • Verb, past tense
    power, powers.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    power.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sovereignty.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    empowered.
  • Proper noun, singular
    requirements, designations, Narcotics, Activities, data, assignments, Negotiations, councillors, Standards, notices, organa, notes, nations, regards, tenants, GSS, oversight, jurisdiction, jurisdictions.
  • Noun, plural
    Capacities, prerogatives, Securities, Regulations, Capabilities, competences, Inequalities, flexibilities, purposes, appropriations, ordinances, superpowers, Operators, consents, rules, procedures, resolutions, forces, documents, Licenses, servants, competitors, uses, frameworks, Guidelines, limits, applications, auspices, managers, teeth, sets, Persons, items, defects, views, knees, requirements, LINEs, notes, Abilities, jurisdictions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Bis, prerogative, ability, Abilities, remit, autorisation, superiority, jurisdiction, self-governance, authoritarianism, adjudicator, aegis.
  • Adverb
    best.
  • Verb, past tense
    granted, Obtained, conferred, applied, Referred, empowered.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    existing, administrating, approving, implementing, being, Delivering, Realizing, Allowing, targeting, Achieving, Involving, Providing, advancing, Having, asking, bringing, going, Doing, getting.
  • Verb, past participle
    granted, entitled, cleared, supposed, empowered.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    exists, oversees, supervises, monitors, refers, authorizations, authorisations.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    agency.
  • Proper noun, singular
    governors, administrations, authorizations, authorisations, agency, Agencies, board, supervision.
  • Noun, plural
    Administrators, controls, reports, governors, administrations, authorizations, authorisations, agency, Agencies.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    prestige, credibility, purview, discretion, oversight, agency, influence, clout, legitimacy, board, supervision.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    reports.

Antonyms for Authority:

• n.

  • expert, animate or inanimate
    proletariat, rookie, amateur, student, ignoramus, greenhorn.
  • power, control
    lethargy, break, lack, subordination, breach, inferiority, disadvantage.
  • Other antonyms:
    invalidity, beginner, unsoundness, nonprofessional, apprentice, opposition, feebleness, shakiness, hindrance, dilettante, helplessness, denial, novice, inexpert, resistance, ineffectiveness, powerlessness, weakness, prohibition, neophyte, impotence, ineffectualness, ineffectuality, impotency, prevention, objection, inconclusiveness, refusal.

Homophones for Authority:

• attrited, adroit, athwart, attired, at the ready, adored, at heart, atherodyde.

Hypernym for Authority:

• n.

  • attribute
    sovereignty, command, power of appointment, Imperium, carte blanche, muscle, lordship.
  • communication
    last word.
  • person
    judge, adviser, Cognoscente, mandator, abrogator, pasha, approver, withdrawer, authority figure, allocator, authoriser, advisor, master, high priest, upbraider, consultant, professional, civil officer, reproacher, liturgist, authorizer, evaluator, distributor, civil authority, rebuker, pacha, connoisseur, reprover.

Hyponym for Authority:

• n.

  • attribute
    control.
  • communication
    book.
  • person
    someone, individual, somebody, soul, expert, person, mortal.