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empowers

verb , present tense third-person singular of empower

Synonyms and Antonyms of empowers

1 to give official or legal power to

the federal agency empowered to collect taxes

Synonyms of empowers

accredits, authorizes, certifies, charters [British], commissions, enables, invests, licenses (also licences), qualifies, vests, warrants

Words Related to empowers

approves, clears, credentials, endorses (also indorses), OKs (or okays), sanctions

affirms, confirms, validates

inaugurates, inducts, initiates, installs, instates, swears in

allows, lets, permits

enfranchises, entitles, privileges

Near Antonyms of empowers

bans, bars, blocks, constrains, denies, disallows, disbars, discourages, disenfranchises, disfranchises, excludes, hinders, holds back, impedes, inhibits, obstructs, prevents, shuts out, stops

enjoins, forbids, interdicts, outlaws, prohibits, proscribes, vetoes

Antonyms of empowers

2 to make able or possible

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

Synonyms of empowers

allows, enables, lets, permits

Words Related to empowers

fits, habilitates, prepares, qualifies, readies

approves, endorses (also indorses), sanctions

conditions, equips

Near Antonyms of empowers

inhibits, precludes

disallows, enjoins, forbids, prohibits

Antonyms of empowers

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