All authority synonyms
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A a noun authority
- sway β to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- authorization β an authorizing or being authorized
- permission β authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- punch β the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
- domination β an act or instance of dominating.
- prestige β reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
- jump β to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
- goods β morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- word β Microsoft Word
- license β formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- mastery β command or grasp, as of a subject: a mastery of Italian.
- warrant β authorization, sanction, or justification.
- say β assay.
- steam β water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- credit β If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
- edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- command β If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- dominion β the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- ascendancy β If one group has ascendancy over another group, it has more power or influence than the other group.
- pow β the head; poll.
- powerhouse β Electricity. a generating station.
- big cheese β Someone who has a very important job or position can be referred to as a big cheese.
- big shot β A big shot is an important and powerful person in a group or organization.
- city hall β The city hall is the building which a city council uses as its main offices.
- front office β the executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc.
- power elite β a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
- top brass β brass (def 5).
- top dog β a person, group, or nation that has acquired a position of highest authority.
- power β a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
- ability β Your ability to do something is the fact that you can do it.
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- licence β license.
- citation β A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
- source β any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- agency β An agency is a business which provides a service on behalf of other businesses.
- group β any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- board β A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose.
- corporation β A corporation is a large business or company.
- confidence β If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.
- conviction β a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc
- knowledge β acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
- consultant β A consultant is an experienced doctor with a high position, who specializes in one area of medicine.
- upper hand β the dominating or controlling position; advantage: to have the upper hand in the fight.
- leg up β either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- what it takes β the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- whip hand β the hand that holds the whip, in driving.
adverb authority
- powerfully β having or exerting great power or force.