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

Working as a one-woman crew on the film, shooting only via iPhone, proved empowering for Loktev as a director. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Chappell Roan’s music blends fun, empowering messages with mature themes, so parents may want to preview her songs before their kids listen. — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 7 Oct. 2026

Hochul signed an executive order empowering the attorney general with criminal authority to investigate the allegations at Cornell, power to present to a grand jury, and ultimately bring charges, if warranted. — Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

His lens democratizes power the contrived space of the studio set, with the goal of empowering real-life servants. — Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

That can sound empowering or demoralizing, depending on your perception of AI and ability to master it. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

The use of cloud-native SaaS platforms can help standardize key operational KPIs, auditability and reporting across multiple regional hubs while empowering local dispatchers with real-time station control. — Justin Newell, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Han also spoke about empowering the Global South, a term used for emerging and economically struggling nations — many of which sit below the equator. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

The exercise has given the government the power to select who can vote, rather than empowering voters to choose the government, Dipke said at a press conference. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026