Synonyms of entitle

entitle

verb

in-ˈtī-tᵊl 

1

as in to authorize

to give a right to

the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens

Synonyms & Similar Words

• authorize
• qualify
• enable
• permit
• empower
• privilege
• allow
• let
• license
• approve
• endorse
• ratify
• certificate
• enfranchise
• certify
• legitimize
• sanction
• validate
• warrant
• accredit
• charter
• recertify
• revalidate
• reaccredit
• recharter
• reapprove

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disqualify
• forbid
• disable
• invalidate
• disallow
• proscribe
• nullify
• disenfranchise
• disempower
• decertify
• delegitimize

2

as in to name

to give a name to

apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• name
• call
• nominate
• designate
• label
• title
• denominate
• dub
• term
• nickname
• christen
• style
• baptize
• specify
• denote
• stigmatize
• clepe
• brand
• rename
• tag
• relabel
• miscall
• misname
• mistitle
• rechristen
• surname
• code-name

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of entitle

Liman ruled that Lively is entitled to attorneys' fees and litigation costs related to Baldoni's counterclaim under the California statute, but denied her request to pursue treble damages and punitive damages. —Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026

If so, employees may be entitled to 60 days of severance pay and benefits. —Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026

One is entitled to ask whether the notion of sport existing purely on its own terms — especially on the global stage — has ever been anything more than a convenient fiction. —Shirvin Zeinalzadeh, The Conversation, 11 June 2026

Now the question becomes more, why is the state government election administration entitled to information that the federal election administration is not entitled to that same information? —CBS News, 10 June 2026