Synonyms of authorizing

authorizing

verb

present participle of authorize

1

as in enabling

to give official or legal power to

only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enabling
• empowering
• permitting
• qualifying
• certifying
• licensing
• entitling
• commissioning
• allowing
• approving
• warranting
• accrediting
• chartering
• vesting
• investing
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• confirming
• affirming
• initiating
• validating
• installing
• credentialing
• inaugurating
• letting
• inducting
• privileging
• instating
• clearing
• OK'ing
• swearing in
• enfranchising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• excluding
• disqualifying
• denying
• blocking
• stopping
• prohibiting
• banning
• inhibiting
• disallowing
• obstructing
• impeding
• barring
• hindering
• discouraging
• constraining
• forbidding
• holding back
• shutting out
• enjoining
• proscribing
• vetoing
• outlawing
• disbarring
• disfranchising
• disenfranchising
• interdicting

2

as in entitling

to give a right to

this pass will authorize you to go backstage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entitling
• qualifying
• enabling
• permitting
• empowering
• privileging
• allowing
• approving
• endorsing
• licensing
• letting
• ratifying
• enfranchising
• certifying
• sanctioning
• legitimizing
• certificating
• validating
• accrediting
• chartering
• warranting
• rechartering
• recertifying
• revalidating
• reapproving
• reaccrediting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disqualifying
• disabling
• forbidding
• proscribing
• disallowing
• invalidating
• disenfranchising
• nullifying
• disempowering
• decertifying
• delegitimizing

3

as in approving

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

• approving
• ratifying
• confirming
• endorsing
• finalizing
• sanctioning
• accepting
• formalizing
• signing
• accrediting
• acknowledging
• warranting
• affirming
• clearing
• approbating
• certifying
• homologating
• permitting
• enabling
• validating
• OK'ing
• allowing
• passing
• legalizing
• blessing
• sanctifying
• initialing
• licensing
• canonizing
• rubber-stamping
• signing off (on)
• reapproving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• prohibiting
• rejecting
• disallowing
• declining
• vetoing
• forbidding
• disapproving
• banning
• enjoining
• proscribing
• turning down
• negativing
• interdicting
• ignoring
• refusing
• disregarding
• neglecting
• overlooking
• illegalizing
• rebutting
• spurning
• rebuffing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of authorizing

Crypto verifies the transaction, not the assumption someone made before authorizing it. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

In that case, voters had already approved an amendment in April authorizing mid-decade redistricting when the court ruled that lawmakers last year had waited too long to take an initial step necessary to qualify it for the ballot. — David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Congress eventually approved a bill authorizing water projects nationwide. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

That is a different kind of scam because the real account holder is authorizing the transaction. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

The federal government last granted a waiver to the state authorizing the hybrid program in 2022. — Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2026

The authority was created by the state law authorizing a sales tax referendum to pay for transportation needs last year, and the law also gives the state auditor some oversight over the new board. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2026

Without a law authorizing year-round E15, summertime sales require a federal waiver. — Makenzie Huber, States Newsroom, 6 Aug. 2026

But in June, the Council passed a bill by Manhattan Democrat Gale Brewer re-authorizing the Sanitation Department to once again start slapping the overstaying cars with stickers. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026