Antonyms for authority
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-thawr-i-tee, uh-thor- |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈθɔr ɪ ti, əˈθɒr- |
Definition of authority
Origin :- early 13c., autorite "book or quotation that settles an argument," from Old French auctorité "authority, prestige, right, permission, dignity, gravity; the Scriptures" (12c.; Modern French autorité), from Latin auctoritatem (nominative auctoritas) "invention, advice, opinion, influence, command," from auctor "master, leader, author" (see author (n.)).
- Usually spelled with a -c- in English till 16c., when it was dropped in imitation of the French. Meaning "power to enforce obedience" is from late 14c.; meaning "people in authority" is from 1610s. Authorities "those in charge, those with police powers" is recorded from mid-19c.
- noun power, control
- noun expert, animate or inanimate
- No man ventured to interfere with this lawful exercise of his authority.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- From that moment on, no Jew dared to question the authority of Moses.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- So this part of my restraint was doubtless a stretch of the authority given him.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It was unspeakably humiliating to be told that she had overstepped her authority.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- But it was always my notion, that children should not dispute their parents' authority.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- We will not appear like fools in this matter, and as if we have no authority over our own daughter.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- She couldn't get over her sense of his parenthood, his authority.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- You were changing from boyhood into manhood, and you were changing without any authority over you.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- "Go on before, and make a way for us," said the doctor, with an authority he had no right to assume.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Burke was fairly gasping over this outrage against his authority.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
Synonyms for authority
- arbiter
- aristocrat
- ascendancy
- authorization
- beef
- Bible
- big cheese
- big shot
- big wig
- boss
- brains
- brass
- buff
- CEO
- charge
- city hall
- clout
- command
- connoisseur
- credit
- czar
- domination
- dominion
- edge
- egghead
- establishment
- esteem
- exec
- executive
- expert
- feds
- force
- front office
- goods
- government
- governor
- guru
- guts
- influence
- ivory dome
- judge
- juice
- jump
- jurisdiction
- kingfish
- kingpin
- law
- leg up
- license
- mastery
- might
- might and main
- permission
- permit
- pizzazz
- pow
- power elite
- powerhouse
- prerogative
- prestige
- pro
- professional
- professor
- punch
- pundit
- right
- ropes
- rule
- say
- say-so
- scholar
- specialist
- steam
- strength
- strong arm
- stuff
- supremacy
- sway
- textbook
- top brass
- top dog
- top hand
- upper hand
- upstairs
- veteran
- virtuoso
- warrant
- weight
- what it takes
- whip hand
- whiz
- wizard
- word
- zap
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