EMPOWERED Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of empowered

as in enfranchised

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verb

past tense of empower

as in enabled

to give official or legal power to the federal agency empowered to collect taxes

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as in allowed

to make able or possible workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement

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The album became a huge part of her live show and helped the superstar embody her new empowered self. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2026 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

Verb

Khamenei empowered the Revolutionary Guard in his decades in power to become the top military, political and economic force in the country. — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 3 July 2026 But right now, what the president has said is, 'Go and make a deal, go and negotiate in good faith,' and that's what he's empowered us to do. — July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for empowered

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Adjective

And there were already many claims being made for the nearly $4 billion worth of liberated slaves.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Hungary’s new minister of culture, Zoltán Tarr, shares his vision for fostering freedom of expression in a liberated local art scene.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026

Definition of liberated

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Shortstop Miguel Rojas, who botched a grounder to his left earlier in the inning that enabled a run to score, was late breaking to cover third, leaving the bag wide open.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
The research insights enabled Microsoft to evolve its narratives and solutions in ways that resonated more authentically with how people actually live and work.

— Tim Wragg, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of enabled

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That allowed the Saudis to get its oil out via the Red Sea – not an option for Iraq and Kuwait, whose only seaports lie in the Persian Gulf.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Apple examines each application and each update of every third-party app, and if these don’t meet Apple’s definition of acceptable, then they are not allowed to be installed.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of allowed

Adjective

Ahead of a challenging midterm election, Republicans have seized an opportunity to castigate their opponents as extremists after democratic socialists won recent Democratic congressional primaries in New York and Colorado.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 July 2026
This is a nonprofit with a mission to strengthen American democracy with better civic participation and support of democratic institutions.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of democratic

Verb

The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition said Guerrero was authorized to work in the US and was issued a social security number.

— Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
California wildlife officials have authorized sheriffs in northern rangeland counties to use rubber bullets, paintballs and pepper balls against wolves to protect livestock.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of authorized

Adjective

After a Washington Post reporter wrote about completing two Sophia courses in a day — mainly using Ctrl-F to find answers to open book, unsupervised tests — the online learning platform started blocking them from using the search function.

— Todd Wallack, Washington Post, 10 July 2026
Whether Autolane becomes the leader of autonomous commerce or one of several competing companies will likely hinge on how fast automakers roll out unsupervised full self-driving vehicles.

— Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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