Synonyms for empower
ɛmˈpaʊ ərem·pow·er

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1. empowerverb

   Synonyms:
   let, inspire, permit, allow

   Antonyms:
   ban, prohibit, dishearten, disempower, disspirit, forbid, bar

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1. empower

   Synonyms:
   allow, authorize, command, consent to, direct, enjoin, give consent, give leave, give permission, let, license, order, permit, put up with, require, sanction, suffer, tolerate, warrant

   Antonyms:
   debar, disallow, forbid, hinder, inhibit, interdict, preclude, prevent, prohibit

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1. empower

   Synonyms:
   enable, commission, encourage, qualify, delegate, warrant, sanction, direct, authorize

   Antonyms:
   hinder, prevent, discourage, disable, disqualify

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1. empower, authorise, authorizeverb

   give or delegate power or authority to

   "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

   Synonyms:
   invest, authorise, endue, authorize, endow, pass, indue, clear, gift

2. endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endueverb

   give qualities or abilities to

   Synonyms:
   vest, put, endue, induct, adorn, authorize, place, clothe, enthrone, dower, endow, invest, present, gift, give, indue, commit, authorise, seat

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1. empowerverb

   Synonyms:
   authorize, commission, warrant, qualify, give authority to

2. empowerverb

   Synonyms:
   enable, make able

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1. List of paraphrases for "empower":

   empowering, empowerment, enable, authorize, authorized

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1. Soleil Moon Frye:

   For me, I just want to feel great. But carrying the extra pounds started to weigh me down – literally, i want to encourage moms to feel good about themselves. I think it's important to empower ourselves. We have kids and we love our kids. But we still have ourselves. And I want to feel like the best version of Soleil Moon Frye. That's why I turned to Nutrisystem.

2. Roger Stone:

   I am one who had publicly defended Bannon from false charges of racism and anti-Semitism yet I have concluded he is a spent force, never being willing to spend his political capital to help his friends and in some cases helping empower the very globalists he claims to oppose.

3. Gretchen Whitmer:

   It may not be the only issue people vote on, but I do think that we want to empower people in this tough economy, the last thing you do is take their health care away from them, take their rights away, and render them not full citizens.

4. Marie Yovanovitch:

   The old oligarch system is still clinging to life, and corruption is its life support, ukraine must continue to pursue economic reforms in line with European standards and fully empower all of its anti-corruption institutions.

5. Michael Baldinger:

   In the past you sold products to your client, now you empower your client to create a desired impact, as an industry we've had to rethink everything we do -- impact and sustainability is the Silicon Valley of finance and we want to be the Google.