Synonyms for
Authorize
Definition
To give official permission or approval for something
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Informal
Literary
Antonyms
Common collocations
- authorize payment
- authorize release
- authorize purchase
- authorize access
- authorize use
- authorize a transaction
- authorize the budget
Word family
Usage note
Often used in official or legal contexts. Be careful not to confuse with 'authority', which refers to the power itself or a person/group with that power.
Example sentences
- The bank would not authorize the loan.
- The president will authorize the use of military force.
- I need to authorize the payment before the work can start.
- My boss will authorize my vacation time.
- The parent must authorize any medical treatment for a child.
Quotes
If you want to run for prime minister, you can. If you don't, that's wonderful, too. Shave your armpits, don't shave them, wear flats one day, heels the next. These things are so irrelevant and surface to what it is all really about, and I wish people wouldn't get caught up in that. We want to empower women to do exactly what they want, to be true to themselves, to have the opportunities to develop. Women should feel free to be who they are. It's time that we stop worrying about what other people think.
It's time to authorize the use of military force against Iraq.
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