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Another word for authoritative

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authoritative

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Based on competent authority
well-supported, well-documented, scholarly, reliable, trustworthy, authentic, dependable, definitive, sound; see also sense 2, official 3.
Having authority
official, executive, imperial, administrative, supreme, ex cathedra (Latin), dominant, lawful, legal, mandatory, impressive, imposing, orthodox, ruling, sovereign, having due authority, weighty, having the weight of authority, entitled to obedience, decisive, worthy of acceptance, canonical, valid, standard, authorized; see also administrative, approved, governing, reigning.
Antonyms unauthorized, illegal*, questionable.
Suggestive of authority
dogmatic, officious, domineering; see absolute 3, autocratic 1.

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Another word for authoritative

adjective

Having or arising from authority:
conclusive, official, sanctioned, standard. See true
Worthy of belief, as because of precision or faithfulness to an original:
authentic, convincing, credible, faithful, true, trustworthy, valid. See true
Serving the function of deciding or settling with finality:
conclusive, decisive, definitive, determinative, final. See decide
Exercising authority:
commanding, dominant, lordly, masterful. See over, strong

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His character was at once authoritative and weak.
Their own church's authoritative teachings are concerned.
The text of Ibelin became a textus receptus - but it also became overlaid by glosses, for it was used as authoritative in the kingdom of Cyprus after the loss of the kingdom of Jerusalem, and it needed expounding.
Its independent value is small, but it sometimes fills a gap left by the more authoritative records.
This system, which for many years subsequently was regarded as authoritative, has been subjected to vigorous criticism by later economists, and it is perhaps not too much to say that it now possesses mainly an historical interest.

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