empowered

adjective

em·​pow·​ered im-ˈpau̇(-ə)rd 

: having the knowledge, confidence, means, or ability to do things or make decisions for oneself

… generations of educated, empowered women are moving into leadership across all sectors …

—Pat Mitchell

Ultimately, Consumer Reports hopes patients can be more empowered consumers when it comes to their health care.

—Stephanie Dickrell

… empowered personnel seek and eliminate the root causes of problems instead of being blamed for them.

—Ellen Earle Chaffee and Daniel Seymour

Karen felt empowered to address women's issues by the fact that she returned to school after a ten-year hiatus to stay home with her children.

—Jill Eichhorn

It is not insane to want to feel unafraid and empowered; it is human.

—Jody M. Roy

Examples of empowered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By focussing on female characters, Jude invites sympathy for individuals who are structurally less empowered than their male peers, just as Romania occupies a position of weakness in relation to its European neighbors. —Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Learn physical techniques that teach you to escape or survive violent attacks and learn psychological awareness and verbal skills to feel empowered and safe. —Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026

Public goals are a great way to nurture your reputation, especially under this exuberant trine between the Sun in your career zone and Jupiter in your empowered sign. —Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026

Heidi is the empowered frontier woman, setting off from her parents’ Colorado lodge to reinvent everything about herself out west with a wild man. —Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for empowered

• disempowered
• overpowered
• cowered
• floured
• flowered
• froward
• glowered
• powered
• scoured
• showered
• soured
• towered