What is another word for empower?
Synonyms for empower
ɛmˈpaʊ ərem·pow·er
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empower
Synonyms:
enable, commission, encourage, qualify, delegate, warrant, sanction, direct, authorizeAntonyms:
hinder, prevent, discourage, disable, disqualify
Princeton's WordNet
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, giftendow, 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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empowerverb
Synonyms:
authorize, commission, warrant, qualify, give authority toempowerverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "empower":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#173 | order | |
#316 | place | |
#543 | let | |
#555 | give | |
#591 | gift | |
#679 | put | |
#783 | direct | |
#805 | present | |
#907 | clear | |
#937 | license | |
#1028 | commission | |
#1202 | allow | |
#1362 | command | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1539 | require | |
#2041 | enable | |
#2740 | seat | |
#2955 | permit | |
#3303 | authorized | |
#3433 | encourage | |
#4105 | commit | |
#6187 | invest | |
#6428 | qualify | |
#6601 | warrant | |
#6848 | suffer | |
#10918 | authorize | |
#11722 | delegate | |
#12115 | vest | |
#12414 | inspire | |
#14290 | empowerment | |
#16474 | empowering | |
#17811 | empower | |
#17963 | tolerate | |
#19712 | sanction | |
#38869 | authorise | |
#41179 | adorn | |
#52288 | clothe | |
#64354 | enjoin | |
#67961 | endow | |
#70968 | dower | |
#90190 | induct |
How to use empower in a sentence?
Parents and voters agree that elected leaders should be focused on getting students the individualized support they need, keeping guns out of schools, and addressing educator shortages. But sadly, McCarthy would rather empower politicians who want to ban books and drive passionate educators out of the profession, instead of doing what is right for our students and public schools. Students, parents, and educators deserve better.
Time to do more than pray. Time to enact common-sense legislation in Congress to empower states to deal with those who present a danger to themselves and others -- while respecting robust due process, may not have mattered here, but Red Flag laws have proven to be effective in states that have them.
I think there is an awakening happening in women's sports whether it's abuse, discrimination or simply having basic civil rights denied, i support women athletes who are saying enough is enough. That for too long the federations have not done right by them to protect them and empower them.
The idea is to unite and empower survivors, to stand together.
Twenty-five years ago, there was no template for a syndicated Urban radio show and we worked hard to prove that we could successfully produce and market a national platform that would entertain, inform and empower African-American listeners.
Translations for empower
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- تمكينArabic
- упълномощавамBulgarian
- zmocnitCzech
- bemyndigeDanish
- ermächtigen, befähigen, bevollmächtigenGerman
- παρέχω, εξουσιοδοτώGreek
- povigiEsperanto
- empoderar, dar permiso, inspirar a, autorizarSpanish
- قدرت دادنPersian
- valtuuttaa, voimaannuttaaFinnish
- autoriser, encapaciterFrench
- सHindi
- felhatalmaz, megerősítHungarian
- memberdayakanIndonesian
- dare potere, autorizzareItalian
- להעציםHebrew
- ಅಧಿಕಾರKannada
- empowerLatin
- machtigenDutch
- bemyndigeNorwegian
- umożliwiaćPolish
- capacitarPortuguese
- уполномочивать, предоставлять правоRussian
- befullmäktiga, bemyndiga, tillåta, stärka, berättigaSwedish
- அதிகாரம்Tamil
- గలదాTelugu
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