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

That felt empowering until January, when federal agents in Minnesota shot and killed two American protesters — a poet with three children and an intensive care nurse. — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

OpenAI is also sharing its architecture and lessons from its previous sprint, along with a blueprint for empowering cyber defenders across industry and government. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is an advocacy group focused on enhancing understanding of Islam, protecting civil rights, promoting justice and empowering American Muslims, according to its website. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026

That's the belief behind a university program committed to empowering students who are in prison. — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

That has been such a game changer for me, even as a leader, and really empowering my team to think that way as well. — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 22 Oct. 2026

Leadership must move from supervising activity to empowering execution. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Over the years, Best of Beauty became the seal that guides hands across shelves by empowering Allure readers with the knowledge of what makes a product great… long before the advent of social media and the ubiquitous #GRWM. — Hunter Lacey, Allure, 16 Oct. 2026

Along with empowering her worldview, Smith and White also seemed to shape Gurdon’s prose style. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026