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

County officials are asking the board for the South Fulton Municipal Regional Jail Authority to approve a resolution authorizing the authority to issue bonds for the massive project that could take a decade to complete. — Reed Williams, AJC.com, 17 July 2026

The Treasury Department argues coins do not apply, citing a law that Congress passed in 2020 authorizing the creation of a special-edition 250th coin. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 17 July 2026

But a few years ago, as the FDA considered authorizing Zyn products, a company scientist told an agency toxicologist the pouches did dissolve. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 14 July 2026

At least once a day, however, an ICE officer would peek in to ask who was ready to sign the papers authorizing their deportation. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

The ordinance authorizing the installation was repealed on July 6. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 July 2026

However, because agentic systems can execute actions independently, an error can become a severe operational failure, such as authorizing fraudulent transactions or deleting mission-critical databases. — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Rather than authorizing private helipads citywide, the amendment would apply only to the industrial zoning district on Terminal Island, where Griffin’s marina is under construction. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

The Current presented its plan to a city committee Tuesday; an ordinance authorizing the beginning of the process will come before the city council Thursday. — Pj Green july 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026