Synonyms for authorized
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Legal
Other
permitted, official, allowed, accredited, empowered, entitled, authoritative
Definitions
- adj. 1
Explicitly allowed.
Related words
- Other spellings
- authorised UK
Example sentences
- legitimate Which prince is the legitimate heir to the throne?
- lawful We need to handle this in a lawful manner.
- official The soldier received official permission to leave.
- allowed You're not allowed to carry food into the library.
- permitted It shouldn't be permitted to store samples of DNA.
- accredited They partnered with an accredited organization.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| authorized | falling | |
| legitimate | steady | |
| lawful | falling | |
| official | falling | |
| allowed | steady | |
| permitted | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- legal2
- 6 letters
- lawful2
- 7 letters
- allowed2
- 8 letters
- official3, entitled3
- 9 letters
- permitted3, empowered3
- 10 letters
- legitimate4, accredited4
- 13 letters
- authoritative5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (legal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- autorisé
- Italiano
- autorizzato
- Español
- autorizado
- Deutsch
- autorisiert