Synonyms for empower
Definitions
- v. 1
To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
- v. 2
To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations.
Related words
- Word family
- empowered empowerment
Forms
- Past participle
- empowered
e.g. empowered → enabled, allowed, permitted, sanctioned…
Example sentences
- allow He didn't allow me to pay the bill for the dinner.
- enable This bird's large wings enable it to fly very fast.
- invest Algeria needs to invest in agricultural machinery.
- raise Why did you turn down his request for a pay raise?
- inspire We may give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
By length
- 3 letters
- let1
- 4 letters
- gift1
- 5 letters
- allow2, raise1, endow2, endue
- 6 letters
- enable3, invest2, permit2
- 7 letters
- warrant2, inspire2, entitle3
- 8 letters
- delegate3, sanction2, accredit3
- 9 letters
- authorize3, authorise
- 10 letters
- commission3, aggrandize3, aggrandise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (allow2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- encapaciter