Authorities Synonyms

A person with a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular field
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dabs
  2. whizzes
  3. masters
  4. aces
  5. wizards
  6. professionals
  7. experts
  8. adepts
A person or persons vested with authority, sense 1; usually plural
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. courts
  2. polices
  3. governments
  4. executives
  5. cabinets
  6. administrations
The appearance of having authority, sense 1
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. weights
The power or right to give orders or make decisions
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. confidences
  2. mandates
  3. rights
  4. faculties
  5. jurisdictions
  6. competencies
  7. potencies
  8. authorizations
  9. competences
  10. assurances
A person or group having the right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. officials
Official permission or approval
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sanctions
  2. authorizations

Words Related to Authorities

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Authorities Sentence Examples

  • There was another phone call from the state authorities as Jennifer was leaving.

  • What will the California authorities do?

  • The college authorities would not permit Miss Sullivan to read the examination papers to me; so Mr. Eugene C. Vining, one of the instructors at the Perkins Institution for the Blind, was employed to copy the papers for me in braille.

  • Apparently that's what the authorities told the family.

  • Never-the-less, the word sometimes slipped out and authorities questioned but no conclusions were reached.

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