Definition for Authorize:

• To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.

Synonyms for Authorize:

• n.

  •
  • grant,
  • mandate.
  •authorize (noun)
  • authorise,
  • clear.

• v.

  •approve (verb)
  • assent,
  • consent,
  • confirm,
  • affirm,
  • sanction,
  • endorse,
  • underwrite,
  • approbate,
  • permit,
  • ratify,
  • accept.
  •authorize (verb)
  • commission,
  • denominate,
  • enable,
  • license,
  • enfranchise,
  • agree,
  • ordain,
  • bless,
  • notarize.
  •delegate (verb)
  • appoint,
  • charge.
  •empower (verb)
  • enforce,
  • strengthen,
  • energize,
  • invigorate,
  • rouse.
  •enable (verb)
  • facilitate.
  •give power or control (verb)
  • give the word,
  • give authority,
  • say the word.
  •influence (verb)
  • lead,
  • master,
  • predominate,
  • bias,
  • power,
  • prejudice,
  • control,
  • affect,
  • pressure,
  • influence,
  • motivate,
  • sway.
  •permit (verb)
  • concede,
  • condone.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • vest,
  • enact,
  • agree to.
  •
  • constitute.
  •
  • excuse.
  •approve
  • second,
  • subscribe to.
  •consign
  • turn over.
  •legalize
  • legitimatize.
  •legitimize
  • legitimize.
  •Other relevant words:
  • demand,
  • select,
  • illuminate,
  • detail,
  • give,
  • clemency,
  • approval,
  • endue,
  • order,
  • pass off,
  • back up,
  • sign and seal,
  • enactment,
  • devolve,
  • support,
  • immunity,
  • gain,
  • crystallize,
  • approbation,
  • evanesce,
  • sustain,
  • fall,
  • permission,
  • endow,
  • uphold,
  • perish,
  • adoption,
  • arm,
  • ratification,
  • do credit to,
  • Permitting,
  • acquiescence,
  • straighten out,
  • drop dead,
  • regulate,
  • communicate,
  • initial,
  • access,
  • admit,
  • go past,
  • extend,
  • lapse,
  • patent,
  • pass upon,
  • go across,
  • allowance,
  • sanctify,
  • carry,
  • licensed,
  • justify,
  • happen,
  • acquiesce in,
  • lay down,
  • fit out,
  • brook,
  • crystalise,
  • detach,
  • glide by,
  • acknowledge,
  • admission,
  • consent to,
  • warranty,
  • pass by,
  • go through,
  • rule,
  • overhaul,
  • recognize,
  • go beyond,
  • swear to,
  • formalize,
  • acknowledgment,
  • go along,
  • conk,
  • necessitate,
  • go,
  • spend,
  • nominate,
  • return,
  • cosign,
  • exceed,
  • make up,
  • overstep,
  • give in to,
  • handpick,
  • corroboration,
  • die,
  • settle,
  • formulate,
  • authority,
  • make it,
  • call,
  • fix,
  • remove,
  • emporium,
  • affirmation,
  • recognition,
  • come about,
  • make pass,
  • skill,
  • clear up,
  • take-in,
  • enlighten,
  • elucidate,
  • privilege,
  • requisition,
  • overtake,
  • vote,
  • elapse,
  • guaranty,
  • legislate,
  • pull-in,
  • decree,
  • put across,
  • countenance,
  • light up,
  • decease,
  • vouchsafe,
  • prescribe,
  • finalize,
  • rubber stamp,
  • Devolute,
  • net,
  • travel by,
  • assoil,
  • run,
  • legitimate,
  • reach,
  • advocate,
  • verify,
  • authorization,
  • applause,
  • slip by,
  • concession,
  • brighten,
  • surpass,
  • clarify,
  • call for,
  • choose,
  • specify,
  • sell,
  • allot,
  • vise,
  • Homologate,
  • bring in,
  • destine,
  • acquit,
  • require,
  • back,
  • make clear,
  • ok,
  • fade,
  • visa,
  • liberty,
  • gift,
  • comply with,
  • autograph,
  • slip away,
  • give thumbs up,
  • confirmation,
  • indorse,
  • right,
  • impose,
  • dictate,
  • seal,
  • give power,
  • hap,
  • clothe,
  • amen,
  • sort out,
  • request,
  • send out,
  • take place,
  • slide by,
  • enabling,
  • pass away,
  • realize,
  • say amen to,
  • document,
  • expire,
  • fit,
  • explain,
  • declare lawful,
  • mission,
  • admittance,
  • sack up,
  • decriminalize,
  • transfer,
  • acceptance,
  • empowerment,
  • arrange,
  • set,
  • excrete,
  • realise,
  • transcend,
  • go-by,
  • crystallise,
  • put in force,
  • become clear,
  • shed light on,
  • entertain,
  • fleet,
  • clearance,
  • earn,
  • make,
  • certificate,
  • go on,
  • Licensing,
  • acknowledgement,
  • determine,
  • blow over,
  • vouch for,
  • train,
  • occur,
  • indulgence,
  • sanctioning,
  • post,
  • sack,
  • approve of,
  • eliminate,
  • draw,
  • freedom,
  • apply,
  • top,
  • licenced.

Paraphrases for Authorize:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    authorized.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Authorizing, authorized.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Authorizing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    authorises.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    authorizes.
  • Proper noun, singular
    authorizes.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    powers, authorizations.
  • Verb, past tense
    permitted, Enabled, qualified, approved.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Permits.
  • Verb, base form
    approved, Grants, ratify, endorse, endorsed, accept, accredit, entrust, delegate, standardize, standardized, Gives, condone, confer, tolerate, ratification, agree, certify, appoint.

Antonyms for Authorize:

• v.

  • give power or control
    disallow, reject, deny, disapprove, refuse.
  • permit, allow
    fight, veto, disagree, invalidate, oppose.
  • Other antonyms:
    discourage, decertify, obstruct, bar, disbar, disable, hinder, exclude, constrain, block, shut out, illegalize, spurn, disenfranchise, Disempower, negative, reject, rebut, rebuff, impede, turn down, overlook, prevent, neglect, ban, disregard, ignore, decline, stop, veto, refuse, disqualify, hold back, disfranchise.

Homophones for Authorize:

• autarky, authorise, Ataturk, addressee, auto race, atherurus, atresia, ataraxic, athyriaceae, address, atreus, atarax, Ader Wax, autarchy, authoress, autarchic, ataraxia, atrocious, at work, autarkic, ataraxis.

Hypernym for Authorize:

• v.

  • communication
    certificate, sanction, license, validate, commission, approbate, formalize, formalise, okay, certify, licence, declare, O.K., approve.

Hyponym for Authorize:

• v.

  • communication
    allow, let, countenance, permit.