Authority

//əˈθɔɹədi//

Synonyms for "authority" (479 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (96)

agency say so absolutism acme adept administration admirable crichton adviser affidavit aficionado agentship amateur amperage announcer annunciator appurtenance arbiter arbiter elegantiarum arbiter of taste armipotence

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Noun(9 words)

agency assurance authorisation authorization bureau command confidence control cred

Strong matches (144)

credit critic crown cure dab dead shot delegated authority delegation demand deposition deputation determinant devolution devolvement dilettante dint diploma diplomat diplomatist direction

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directorship disposition divine right doctor dominance domination dominion doyen 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 fiend first place first prize flower power force force majeure forcefulness freak freedom 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 legitimacy leverage licence license lieutenancy

Noun(5 words)

dominance federal agency government agency gravitas jurisdiction

Related words (239)

lock 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

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mastermind mastership mastery maven maximum mentor might might and main mightiness mission model moment monitor most mouthpiece moxie muscle power natural right navicert ne plus ultra new high newsmonger no slouch nobility notarized statement note notifier nut office officialdom officials oracle ordering palm palms paramountcy pass past master pattern permit 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 privilege pro procuration productiveness productivity professional professor proficient prominence proper claim property right protocol 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 reputation repute responsibility right rishi rule running sage sanction sapient savant say say-so scholar scientist seer seniority shark sharp sheepskin significance sinew solidity soundness source sovereignty specialist spokesman standard starets statesman stature steam steerage steering strength string 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 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

Noun(9 words)

office potency rulership sanction say-so self-assurance self-confidence sovereignty sureness

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9 relation types

More general

10 entries

actor administrative body administrative unit book certainty control doer expert permission worker

Synonyms

2 entries

agency assurance

Related terms

6 entries

author authoritarian authoritative authorization authorize have something on good authority

derived

26 entries

aileron authority antiauthority appeal to authority authoritah authority control authority figure authority issues authorityless authoritywise certificate authority color of authority combined authority elevator authority enforcement authority local authority moral authority

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

author

has context

1 entries

used in singular or plural form

has property

1 entries

wrong

is a

5 entries

book control expert permission person

related to

9 entries

agency author authoritarian authoritative authorization enforce government have something on good authority power

Translations

229 translations across 68 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

gesag noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
gesaghebbende bron noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Albanian

3 entries

autoritet noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
autoritet noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
autoritet noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀρχή noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
ἐξουσία noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Arabic

1 entries

سُلْطَة noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Aragonese

1 entries

autoridat noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Armenian

3 entries

իշխանություն noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
հեղինակություն noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
հեղինակություն noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

hakimiyyət noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Bashkir

2 entries

дәүләт noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
хөкүмәт noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Belarusian

4 entries

адміністра́цыя noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)
аўтарытэ́т noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
кіраўні́цтва noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)
ула́да noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Bulgarian

4 entries

авторите́т noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
авторите́т noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
вла́сти noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
власт noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Catalan

1 entries

autoritat noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بەردەستی noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
دەسەڵات noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

權力 /权力 noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
權威 /权威 noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
權威 /权威 noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
當局 /当局 noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Cornish

3 entries

awtorita noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
awtorita noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
awtorita noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Czech

3 entries

autorita noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
autorita noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
autorita noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Danish

1 entries

myndighed noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Dutch

4 entries

autoriteit noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
autoriteit noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
autoriteiten noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
bevoegdheid noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Esperanto

2 entries

aŭtoritato noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
instanco noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Estonian

3 entries

asjatundja noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
võim noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
võim noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Ewe

1 entries

ŋusẽ noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Finnish

4 entries

asiantuntija noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
auktoriteetti noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
auktoriteetti noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
käskyvalta noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

French

3 entries

autorité noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
autorité noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
autorité noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Galician

1 entries

autoridade noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Georgian

4 entries

ავტორიტეტი noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
ავტორიტეტი noun (reliability, trustworthiness, or expertise)
რწმუნებულება noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
უფლებამოსილება noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

German

4 entries

Autorität noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
Autorität noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
Autorität noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
Behörde noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Greek

4 entries

αρχές noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
αρχή noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
αυθεντία noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
εξουσία noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Hebrew

4 entries

אוֹטוֹרִיטָה noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
בר־סמכא noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
סַמְכוּת noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
רשויות noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Hindi

3 entries

अधिकार noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
प्रशासन noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
प्राधिकरण noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)

Hungarian

4 entries

felhatalmazás noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
felügyelet noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
főfelügyelet noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
hatalom noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Indonesian

4 entries

kewenangan noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
otoritas noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
otoritas noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
otoritas noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)

Interlingua

3 entries

autoritate noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
autoritate noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
autoritate noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Irish

4 entries

urlámhas noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
údarás noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
údarás noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
údarás noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Italian

3 entries

autorità noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
autorità noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
autorità noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Japanese

4 entries

強権 noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
当局 noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
権力 noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
権威 noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Korean

4 entries

권능 noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
권력 noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
권력자 noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
권위 noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Kyrgyz

4 entries

авторитет noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
авторитет noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
авторитеттүүлүк noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
башчы noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Latin

1 entries

auctōritās noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Autoritéit noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Malay

4 entries

autoriti noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
penguasa noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)
pihak berkuasa noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
pihak berkuasa noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)

Malayalam

2 entries

അധികാരം noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
അധികാരികൾ noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Maltese

3 entries

awtoritarja noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
awtoritarju noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
awtoritá noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

yezi noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Middle English

1 entries

auctorite noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Māori

4 entries

kanoi noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
kanoi noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
manatū noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
manatū noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

styremakt noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
styresmakt noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

styremakt noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
styresmakt noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Old English

1 entries

ealdordōm noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Oromo

1 entries

aangoo noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Polish

4 entries

arbiter noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
autorytet noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
autorytet noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
powaga noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Portuguese

3 entries

autoridade noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
autoridade noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
autoridade noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Romanian

4 entries

autoritate noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
autoritate noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
autoritate noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
autorități noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Russian

4 entries

авторите́т noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
администра́ция noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)
вла́сти noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
власть noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

ùghdarras noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
ùghdarras noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
ùghdarras noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Sikkimese

1 entries

སྐུ་དབང noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Slovak

1 entries

autorita noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Slovene

3 entries

avtoriteta noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
avtoriteta noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
avtoriteta noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Spanish

4 entries

autoridad noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
autoridad noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
autoridad noun (reliability, trustworthiness, or expertise)
autoridad noun (permission or authorisation)

Swahili

2 entries

mamlaka noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
mamlaka noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Swedish

4 entries

auktoritet noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
auktoritet noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
myndighet noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
myndighet noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)

Telugu

1 entries

అధికారము noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Thai

2 entries

อำนาจ noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
เจ้าหน้าที่ noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Turkish

4 entries

bilirkişi noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
otorite noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
salahiyetliler noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
uzman noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Ukrainian

4 entries

авторите́т noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
адміністра́ція noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)
вла́да noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
вла́да noun (police or law enforcement collectively)

Vietnamese

1 entries

quyền lực noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Welsh

4 entries

awdurdod noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
awdurdod noun (police or law enforcement collectively)
awdurdod noun (reliable source of information on a subject)
awdurdod noun (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)

Western Apache

1 entries

hashidilaa noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)

Yiddish

2 entries

אויטאָריטעט noun (power to enforce rules or give orders)
אויטאָריטעט noun (reliable source of information on a subject)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Teachers shouldn't fall back on their authority.

Source: tatoeba (19053)

The students revolted against authority.

Source: tatoeba (21433)

By what authority do you order me to do this?

Source: tatoeba (24847)

Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal authority restored.

Source: tatoeba (27596)

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