Synonyms of empowering

empowering

verb

present participle of empower

1

as in enabling

to give official or legal power to

the federal agency empowered to collect taxes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in letting

to make able or possible

workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enabling
• letting
• allowing
• permitting
• preparing
• equipping
• approving
• endorsing
• fitting
• qualifying
• habilitating
• readying
• sanctioning
• conditioning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• inhibiting
• prohibiting
• precluding
• forbidding
• enjoining
• disallowing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of empowering

Joe Perkins is Chief Operating Officer of Carolina Handling, focused on leadership, empowering teams and optimizing operations. — Joe Perkins, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Known for its reliability and resilience, Canada Goose has supported on- and off-screen roles in some of the planet’s most extreme locations, empowering exploration of all kinds, from set to screen. — Steven Huizar, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Supporting and empowering women leaders is also about creating workplaces that are understanding, flexible and aware of the many responsibilities that women balance across their professional and personal lives, Cole stressed. — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Two Sonoma County survivors of human trafficking are empowering other women on their own paths to healing. — Sharon Chin, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

When Rodrigo announced Daisy Chain Fields, expectations were high, as fans hoped for a festival that delivered onstage and meet its mission for empowering women and girls. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2026

Walsh says the most important step is empowering your kid to make safe, smart decisions. — Michele Marchetti, Parents, 30 Aug. 2026

Every single registration fee goes directly toward freeing, employing and empowering trafficked women. — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2026

La Colonia Community Foundation supports and enriches the historic La Colonia de Eden Gardens neighborhood by empowering local youth, preserving community heritage and providing educational scholarships and life-skills workshops. — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026