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authority

official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times"

the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"

an authoritative written work; "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton"

an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law"

(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"

Synonyms:

• Admirable Crichton,
• acme,
• adept,
• administration,
• adviser,
• affidavit,
• aficionado,
• agency,
• agentship,
• amateur,
• amperage,
• announcer,
• annunciator,
• appurtenance,
• arbiter,
• arbiter elegantiarum,
• arbiter of taste,
• armipotence,
• artisan,
• artist,
• artiste,
• ascendancy,
• assignment,
• attache,
• attestation,
• authoritativeness,
• authorities,
• authority,
• authorization,
• be-all and end-all,
• beef,
• bill of health,
• birthright,
• black power,
• blue ribbon,
• bon vivant,
• brevet,
• brute force,
• buff,
• care,
• certificate,
• certificate of proficiency,
• certification,
• championship,
• channel,
• charge,
• charisma,
• charm,
• claim,
• claws,
• clearance,
• clout,
• clutches,
• cogence,
• cogency,
• cognoscente,
• collector,
• command,
• commission,
• commissioning,
• commitment,
• communicant,
• communicator,
• compulsion,
• conduct,
• conjugal right,
• connaisseur,
• connoisseur,
• consequence,
• consignment,
• consultant,
• control,
• cordon bleu,
• countenance,
• crack shot,
• craftsman,
• credential,
• credit,
• critic,
• cure,
• dead shot,
• delegated authority,
• delegation,
• demand,
• deposition,
• deputation,
• devolution,
• devolvement,
• dilettante,
• dint,
• diploma,
• diplomat,
• diplomatist,
• direction,
• directorship,
• disposition,
• divine right,
• doctor,
• dominance,
• domination,
• dominion,
• drive,
• droit,
• due,
• duress,
• effect,
• effectiveness,
• effectuality,
• elder,
• elder statesman,
• embassy,
• eminence,
• empery,
• empire,
• empowerment,
• enabling,
• enchantment,
• energy,
• enfranchisement,
• enlightener,
• entitlement,
• entrusting,
• entrustment,
• epicure,
• epicurean,
• errand,
• establishment,
• esteem,
• evidence,
• example,
• executorship,
• exemplar,
• exequatur,
• experienced hand,
• experimental scientist,
• expert,
• expert consultant,
• expert witness,
• factorship,
• faculty,
• fan,
• favor,
• fiat,
• first place,
• first prize,
• flower power,
• force,
• force majeure,
• forcefulness,
• freak,
• full blast,
• full force,
• full power,
• good feeling,
• good judge,
• gossipmonger,
• gourmand,
• gourmet,
• governance,
• government,
• graduate,
• grapevine,
• great soul,
• greatness,
• grip,
• guidance,
• guru,
• hand,
• handling,
• hands,
• handy man,
• headship,
• hegemony,
• height,
• highest,
• hold,
• husbandry,
• ideal,
• illuminate,
• imperium,
• importance,
• inalienable right,
• incidental power,
• influence,
• influentiality,
• influentialness,
• informant,
• information center,
• information medium,
• informer,
• insinuation,
• intellect,
• intellectual,
• interest,
• interviewee,
• iron hand,
• journeyman,
• judge,
• jurisdiction,
• justness,
• kingship,
• lead,
• leadership,
• leading,
• legation,
• leverage,
• license,
• lieutenancy,
• lordship,
• lover of wisdom,
• magisterialness,
• magnetism,
• mahatma,
• main force,
• main strength,
• man of intellect,
• man of science,
• man of wisdom,
• mana,
• management,
• managery,
• managing,
• mandarin,
• mandate,
• manipulation,
• marksman,
• master,
• mastermind,
• mastership,
• mastery,
• maven,
• maximum,
• mentor,
• might,
• might and main,
• mightiness,
• mission,
• model,
• moment,
• monitor,
• most,
• mouthpiece,
• moxie,
• muscle power,
• navicert,
• ne plus ultra,
• new high,
• newsmonger,
• no slouch,
• notarized statement,
• note,
• notifier,
• nut,
• office,
• officialdom,
• officials,
• oracle,
• ordering,
• palms,
• paramountcy,
• past master,
• pattern,
• personality,
• persuasion,
• philosopher,
• pilotage,
• pizzazz,
• plenipotentiary power,
• police,
• politician,
• poop,
• potence,
• potency,
• potentiality,
• power,
• power of attorney,
• power pack,
• power structure,
• power struggle,
• power to act,
• powerfulness,
• powers that be,
• practical scientist,
• precedence,
• predominance,
• preponderance,
• prepotency,
• prerogative,
• prescription,
• presidency,
• press,
• pressure,
• prestige,
• presumptive right,
• pretense,
• pretension,
• primacy,
• priority,
• pro,
• procuration,
• productiveness,
• productivity,
• professional,
• professor,
• proficient,
• prominence,
• proper claim,
• property right,
• proxy,
• public relations officer,
• publisher,
• puissance,
• pull,
• punch,
• pundit,
• purchase,
• purview,
• push,
• rabbi,
• radio,
• raj,
• rank,
• ratification,
• record,
• refined palate,
• regency,
• regentship,
• regnancy,
• regulation,
• reign,
• reporter,
• repute,
• responsibility,
• right,
• rishi,
• rule,
• running,
• sage,
• sanction,
• sapient,
• savant,
• say,
• say-so,
• scholar,
• scientist,
• seer,
• seniority,
• shark,
• sharp,
• sheepskin,
• sinew,
• solidity,
• soundness,
• source,
• sovereignty,
• specialist,
• spokesman,
• standard,
• starets,
• statesman,
• stature,
• steam,
• steerage,
• steering,
• strength,
• strings,
• strong arm,
• suasion,
• substantiality,
• subtle influence,
• suggestion,
• superiority,
• superpower,
• supremacy,
• sway,
• sworn statement,
• talons,
• task,
• technical adviser,
• technical expert,
• technician,
• technologist,
• television,
• teller,
• testamur,
• testimonial,
• testimony,
• the conn,
• the helm,
• the wheel,
• thinker,
• ticket,
• tipster,
• title,
• top spot,
• tout,
• trust,
• trusteeship,
• upper hand,
• validity,
• vehemence,
• vested interest,
• vested right,
• vicarious authority,
• vigor,
• vim,
• virility,
• virtue,
• virtuoso,
• virulence,
• visa,
• vise,
• vitality,
• voucher,
• warrant,
• warranty,
• wattage,
• weight,
• weightiness,
• whip hand,
• wise man,
• wise old man,
• witness,
• wizard,
• word,
• zenith