Entry Word: entitle

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to give a right to <the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens>

Synonyms authorize, qualify

Related Words empower, enable, license (also licence); approve, endorse (also indorse); allow, let, permit; certify, ratify, sanction, validate

Antonyms disqualify

2 to give a name to <apart from the obvious, she couldnʼt decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers> — see name 1