"Authority" validity in different word game dictionaries
Dictionary | Validity |
---|---|
Scrabble US(US/Canada/Thailand - TWL/NWL) | Yes |
Scrabble UK(International - SOWPODS/CSW) | Yes |
Words with Friends(WWF) | Yes |
"authority" Definition
- [uncountable] the power to give orders to people
- [uncountable] the power or right to do something
- [uncountable] official permission to do something
- [countable, usually plural] the people or an organization who have the power to make decisions or who have a particular area of responsibility in a country or region
- [uncountable] the power to influence people because they respect your knowledge or official position
- [countable] authority (on something) a person with special knowledge synonym specialist
"authority" Synonyms & Antonyms
"authority" synonyms:
- command,
- control,
- power,
- rule,
- sway,
- influence,
- charge,
- dominion,
- jurisdiction,
- mastery,
- domination,
- direction,
- government,
- prerogative,
- reign,
- weight,
- ascendancy,
- clout,
- force
"authority" antonyms:
- powerlessness,
- impotence,
- impotency,
- inability,
- incapability,
- incapacity,
- ineffectiveness,
- inefficacy,
- uselessness,
- incapacitation,
- ineptitude,
- hopelessness,
- weakness,
- incompetence,
- inefficiency,
- ineffectuality,
- inadequacy,
- ineffectualness,
- helplessness