Related Words for authoritative

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important
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Adjective, Adjective
influential
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Adjective, Adjective
standard
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
authorized
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Noun, Adjective
official
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
definitive
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
classical
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Adjective, Adjective
credible
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Adjective
trustworthy
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Adjective
erudite
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Adjective
authority
x/xx
Noun
magisterial
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Adjective
cogent
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Adjective
reliable
x/xx
Adjective
forceful
/x
Adjective
encyclopedic
xxx/x
Noun
comprehensive
xx/x
Adjective
incisive
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Adjective
infallible
x/xx
Adjective
insightful
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Adjective
concise
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Noun
dispassionate
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Adjective
succinct
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Adjective
persuasive
x/x
Adjective
trusted
/x
Verb
authentic
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Adjective
competent
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Adjective
unbiased
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Adjective
scholarly
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Adjective
unequivocal
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Adjective
encyclopaedic
xxx/x
Noun
accurate
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Adjective
eloquent
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Adjective
unambiguous
xx/xx
Adjective
comprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective
assertive
x/x
Adjective
relevant
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Adjective
knowledgeable
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Adjective
unimpeachable
xx/xx
Adjective
precise
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Adjective
approachable
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Adjective
creditable
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Adjective
voluminous
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Adjective
powerful
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Adjective
robust
x/
Adjective
thorough
/x
Adjective
verifiable
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Adjective
irrefutable
xx/xx
Adjective
dependable
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Adjective
opinionated
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Adjective
unassailable
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Adjective
compelling
x/x
Adjective
sophisticated
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Adjective
sonorous
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Adjective
emphatic
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Adjective
nuanced
/x
Adjective
reverent
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Adjective
perceptive
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Adjective
provocative
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Adjective
readable
/xx
Adjective
coherent
x/x
Adjective
irreverent
x/xx
Adjective
conclusive
x/x
Adjective
reverential
xx/x
Adjective
forthright
//
Adjective
impartial
x/x
Adjective
masterful
/xx
Adjective
pronouncements
x/x
Noun
scriptural
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Adjective
authoritarian
xxx/xx
Adjective
informative
x/xx
Adjective
reputable
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Adjective
compendium
x/xx
Noun
dogmatic
x/x
Adjective
corroborative
x/xxx
Adjective
independent
xx/x
Adjective
exhaustive
x/x
Adjective
truthful
/x
Adjective
in charge
x/
Phrase, Adjective
venerable
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Noun
decisional
x/xx
Adjective
empowered
x/x
Verb
obedient
x/xx
Adjective
mandatory
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Adjective
leading
/x
Verb
principle
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Noun, Verb
sovereign
/x
Noun
peremptory
x/xx
Adjective
omnipotent
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Adjective
legitimate
x/xx
Adjective
prudential
x/x
Name
supreme
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Name
seminal
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Adjective
dominant
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Adjective
formal
/x
Adjective
redoubtable
x/xx
Adjective
ascendant
x/x
Noun
responsible
x/xx
Adjective
informed
x/
Adjective
docile
/x
Adjective
approved
x/
Verb
referential
xx/x
Adjective
lawful
/x
Adjective
ambitious
x/x
Adjective
sterling
/x
Noun
selective
x/x
Adjective
warranted
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Verb
reputed
x/x
Adjective
fiducial
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Noun
inspirational
xx/xx
Adjective
mandated
/xx
Verb
telling
/x
Verb
affirmative
x/xx
Noun
forcible
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Adjective
enforceable
x/xx
Adjective
determinative
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Adjective
loyal
/x
Adjective
advisory
x/xx
Name
founded
/x
Verb
faithful
/x
Adjective
decisive
x/x
Adjective
inspired
x/x
Verb
obligatory
x/xxx
Adjective
adjective
/xx
Noun
credited
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Verb
legal
/x
Adjective
axiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective
parenting
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Noun
captions
/x
Noun
restore
x/
Verb
scripture
/x
Noun
accepted
x/x
Verb
interpreter
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Noun
detailed
x/
Verb
spokesman
/x
Noun
cited
/x
Verb
quoted
/x
Verb
allocation
xx/x
Noun
servers
/x
Noun
recognised
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Verb
encyclopedia
xxx/xx
Noun
handbook
/x
Noun
ruling
/x
Noun
biography
x/xx
Noun
expositions
xx/x
Noun
textbook
/x
Noun
guide
/
Noun
accredited
x/xx
Adjective
allowable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
allowed
x/
Adjective
authorised
/xx
Adjective
autobiographical
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Adjective
autocratic
xx/x
Adjective
binding
/x
Noun, Adjective
bossy
/x
Noun, Adjective
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
central
/x
Adjective, Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
common
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
con
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Noun, Verb
convincing
x/x
Adjective, Noun
decree
x/
Noun, Verb
dis
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Noun, Verb
doctrinal
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Adjective, Noun
documented
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Adjective
enlightening
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Adjective
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
expert
/x
Noun, Adjective
explicit
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extant
/x
Adjective
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
genuine
/xx
Adjective
hostile
/x
Adjective, Noun
human
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
im
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
instruction
x/x
Noun
journal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
licensed
/x
Adjective
literary
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Adjective
mercantile
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Adjective
modern
/x
Adjective, Noun
natural
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
oracular
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Adjective
papal
/x
Adjective
permissible
x/xx
Adjective
permitted
x/x
Adjective
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
popularized
/xxx
Verb
prestige
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
prestigious
x/x
Adjective
prominent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
recognized
/xx
Adjective
reference
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Noun, Verb
respectable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
respected
x/x
Adjective
rigorous
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Adjective
serious
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Adjective, Adverb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
solemn
/x
Adjective
solid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
stark
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
strong
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
tendentious
x/x
Adjective
valid
/x
Adjective
weight
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Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
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Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
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Adverb
oh
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Noun, Verb
cloth
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Noun