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entitle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of entitle

1 to give a right to

the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens

Synonyms of entitle

authorize, privilege, qualify

Words Related to entitle

empower, enable, enfranchise, license (also licence)

approve, endorse (also indorse)

allow, let, permit

accredit, certificate, certify, charter [British], ratify

legitimize, sanction, validate, warrant

reaccredit, reapprove, recertify, recharter, revalidate

Near Antonyms of entitle

disable, disempower, disenfranchise

disallow, forbid, proscribe

delegitimize, invalidate, nullify

Antonyms of entitle

2 to give a name to

apart from the obvious, she couldnʼt decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers

Synonyms of entitle

baptize, call, christen, clepe [archaic], denominate, designate, dub, label, name, nominate, style, term, title

Words Related to entitle

brand, stigmatize, tag

denote, specify

miscall, misname, mistitle

code-name, nickname

rechristen, relabel, rename

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