Synonyms of authorizes

authorizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of authorize

1

as in enables

to give official or legal power to

only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enables
• empowers
• qualifies
• permits
• certifies
• allows
• entitles
• invests
• licenses
• approves
• accredits
• warrants
• endorses
• vests
• commissions
• affirms
• confirms
• charters
• initiates
• validates
• sanctions
• installs
• credentials
• inaugurates
• lets
• OKs
• inducts
• privileges
• clears
• instates
• swears in
• enfranchises

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disqualifies
• prevents
• denies
• excludes
• inhibits
• discourages
• disallows
• prohibits
• hinders
• blocks
• impedes
• stops
• obstructs
• constrains
• forbids
• bans
• shuts out
• proscribes
• holds back
• enjoins
• bars
• vetoes
• disenfranchises
• outlaws
• disbars
• disfranchises
• interdicts

2

as in entitles

to give a right to

this pass will authorize you to go backstage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entitles
• qualifies
• enables
• empowers
• permits
• privileges
• allows
• approves
• endorses
• licenses
• certifies
• ratifies
• lets
• legitimizes
• certificates
• validates
• enfranchises
• accredits
• warrants
• sanctions
• recertifies
• charters
• reapproves
• reaccredits
• revalidates
• recharters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disqualifies
• forbids
• disables
• proscribes
• disallows
• invalidates
• disenfranchises
• disempowers
• nullifies
• decertifies
• delegitimizes

3

as in approves

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory

a system for sound reproduction that has been authorized as meeting the electronic industry's highest standards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• approves
• ratifies
• confirms
• endorses
• finalizes
• accepts
• formalizes
• acknowledges
• accredits
• sanctions
• warrants
• affirms
• OKs
• certifies
• clears
• signs
• enables
• approbates
• homologates
• permits
• blesses
• validates
• allows
• legalizes
• sanctifies
• passes
• licenses
• signs off (on)
• canonizes
• initials
• rubber-stamps
• reapproves

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denies
• prohibits
• rejects
• disallows
• forbids
• disapproves
• declines
• vetoes
• proscribes
• enjoins
• turns down
• ignores
• bans
• refuses
• neglects
• disregards
• negatives
• overlooks
• interdicts
• spurns
• illegalizes
• rebuts
• rebuffs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of authorizes

While the community college system currently offers 66 bachelor’s degree programs, the new legislation authorizes nearly 700, the release said. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

The vote authorizes airport President and CEO Doug Kreulen to immediately begin work on implementing the change. — Molly Davis, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

State law also expressly authorizes fire districts to accept extra revenue. — Susan Shelley, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026

The Keller City Council also passed a resolution that opposes the Circle T data center and authorizes legal action if Westlake moves forward with building the complex. — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026

Most insurers have to cover shots recommended by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which evaluates and votes on vaccine use recommendations after the FDA approves or authorizes a vaccine. — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

To support these demands, Jeanie Buss contends the California Probate Code authorizes a trustee to seek instructions from a court to resolve internal disagreements about a trust. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026

The city’s charter authorizes the mayor to nominate someone to serve out the term of a vacated seat on the City Council when fewer than 18 months are left of the four-year term. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Bianco and his allies insist the difference is evidence of maleficence, and that criminal law authorizes the sheriff to sidestep the state’s detailed election code and the attorney general’s sweeping authority to get to the bottom of it. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026