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Adjective
▲
Having the approval or authorization of an authority or public body
official
approved
sanctioned
commissioned
licencedUK
licensedUS
warranted
accredited
certified
recognisedUK
recognizedUS
allowed
lawful
legal
legitimate
licit
permitted
countenanced
ratified
signed and sealed
eligible
qualified
accepted
entitled
empowered
endorsed
okayed
privileged
kosher
okay
more ❯
“The application will be processed by one of our authorized agents.”
Adjective
▲
Allowed by the rules
legit
legal
legitimate
proper
licit
permissible
kosher
constitutional
legalisedUK
legalizedUS
valid
official
warranted
just
statutory
rightful
justifiable
due
established
canonical
condign
decreed
enforced
enjoined
innocent
judged
ordained
passed
protected
commanded
enacted
judicial
jural
juridical
jurisprudent
legislated
legitimatized
mandated
ordered
ruled
vested
warrantable
bona fide
card-carrying
on the level
of right
on the up and up
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having been recommended or approved, typically by an authority
stated
approved
authorisedUK
determined
required
appropriate
recommended
suggested
suitable
arranged
agreed
ruled
exact
explicit
official
definite
Adjective
▲
(of a court or other body) Accepted as having the legal authority to deal with a particular matter
competent
fit
appropriate
suitable
equipped
fitted
qualified
suited
empowered
trained
capable
able
experienced
chartered
licensedUS
expert
seasoned
accomplished
certificated
practisedUK
knowledgeable
certified
proficient
adept
skilled
professional
talented
skilfulUK
efficient
practicedUS
authorisedUK
apt
worthy
ready
bred
schooled
educated
aimed
right
fitting
desirable
preferable
ideal
well suited
well qualified
satisfactory
good enough
up to scratch
masterly
clever
gifted
effective
brilliant
intelligent
powerful
adroit
virtuoso
savvy
tasty
masterful
cunning
easy
keen
knowing
ingenious
bright
alert
effectual
endowed
effortless
genius
strong
smart
responsible
learned
sharp
dextrousUK
deft
artful
agile
dexterousUS
highly endowed
with it
au fait
know the ropes
know one's onions
up to it
know backwards and forwards
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Examined
inspected
examined
approved
authorisedUK
checked
investigated
tested
tried
measured
considered
studied
questioned
probed
searched
researched
scrutinizedUS
explored
reviewed
cross-examined
scrutinisedUK
Adjective
▲
Allowed or entitled to do something
at liberty
able
allowed
eligible
entitled
fit
free
permitted
unconstrained
unhindered
unrestricted
at leisure
without constraint
open
approved
sanctioned
unobstructed
unhampered
unregulated
unbounded
in a position to
capable of
footloose
uncontrolled
authorisedUK
unlimited
free-for-all
unrestrained
clear
absolute
unopposed
unchecked
unbridled
unimpeded
unconditional
unqualified
slack
easygoing
lax
unconfined
flexible
loose
relaxed
public
untrammelledUK
unblocked
uncurbed
uncircumscribed
total
freewheeling
free-spirited
liberated
uncommitted
independent
limitless
untrammeledUS
liberal
free for all
with no holds barred
on one's own
Verb
▲
To have granted something to someone
allowed
granted
approved
gave
licensedUS
sanctioned
countenanced
assumed
bestowed
presented
legalizedUS
legitimated
legitimatized
authorisedUK
legalisedUK
licencedUK
warranted
endorsed
ratified
permitted
accredited
confirmed
OKed
accepted
validated
certified
consented to
okayed
supported
let
honouredUK
honoredUS
welcomed
put John Hancock on
stood by
urged
complied with
appreciated
agreed with
lent weight to
held with
checked out
testified to
yessed
smiled on
cared for
demonstrated
buttressed
argued for
abided by
asserted
esteemed
valued
preferred
set
furthered
plugged
regarded highly
bucked for
thought well of
pressed for
eulogisedUK
put the seal of approval on
checked up
received gladly
eulogizedUS
campaigned for
flashed on
yielded to
lobbied for
rooted for
conceded to
advised
tilted toward
played ball
sided with
looked up to
beared witness to
nodded at
regarded
considered
took to
taken to
promised
viewed
held
circumstantiated
respected
felt
envisaged
deemed
underpinned
thought
explained
tipped
fancied
indemnified
made do with
compromised on
settled for
joined
conjoined
united
yielded
conspired
leagued
concerted
celebrated
collaborated
cooperated
greeted
avowed
admired
showed
forwarded
reenforced
reinforced
bolstered
shored up
considered to be
regarded as being identical to
considered something to be
regarded as being the same as
helped
accommodated
sponsored
aided
shown to be true
showed to be true
given substance to
gave substance to
taken a liking to
tried out
comprobated
given blessing
threw in the towel
harmonisedUK
fallen in with
touted
folded
rolled over and play dead
expressed gratitude for
grinned and bear it
officially approved
allied oneself with
rolled over
aided and abetted
combined
conformed to
coped
equaled
cosigned
accepted as valid
undersigned
teamed up
applauded
received wholeheartedly
objectified
come to the defence of
jibed
realizedUS
equalled
bigged up
relented to
tried
gained
debunked
realisedUK
actualized
banded
held up one's end
fell in with
made good on
took a liking to
proved to be reasonable
cooperated with
corresponded
backed down to
stomached something
surrendered to
checked on
strengthened
advocated for
double checked
received enthusiastically
big upped
gave blessing
got into
completed
made a deal
entered into
caved in to
obeyed
harmonizedUS
deferred to
come round to
stuck by
invited
answered for
paid tribute to someone for
thanked someone for
thrown in the towel
declared true
took a shine to
reified
looked on with favour
saluted someone for
talked of
tested
astipulated
identified
come together
taken a shine to
made allowances
held to
provided a rationale for
tried on
believed in
reached a decision
formally supported
toasted someone for
entertained
seen
saw
shown
yolden
yold
came to the defence of
given nod
gave nod
given moral support
gave moral support to
gave moral support
given moral support to
gave weight to
given weight to
gave up
given up
accorded with
showed beyond doubt
shown beyond doubt
went along
saw eye to eye
fell in
banded together
came together
seen eye to eye
gone along
fallen in
given way to
gave way to
came round to
gotten into
took up the cudgels for
took on
taken up
took up
taken on
gone in for
went in for
taken up the cudgels for
given the go ahead to
given the okay to
gave the go ahead to
gave the okay to
given approval for
gave consent for
gave approval for
given consent for
spoke of
spoke well of
spoken well of
spoken of
spoken up for
spoke up for
shown appreciation for
given thanks for
spoken highly of
gave thanks for
showed appreciation for
spoke highly of
done justice to
showed cause
shown just cause for
showed to be reasonable
gave reasons for
given grounds for
given an explanation for
spoke in favor of
did justice to
gave a justification for
given a justification for
showed just cause for
gave an explanation for
shown to be reasonable
shown cause
spoken in favor of
given reasons for
gave grounds for
more ❯
“We are willing to authorize a police raid.”
Verb
▲
To have started or established
created
established
formed
found
founded
instituted
launched
started
based
built
constituted
enacted
initiated
legislated
organizedUS
set up
brought about
inaugurated
laid foundation
predicated
ratified
secured
set down
stationed
authorisedUK
built up
corroborated
decreed
erected
installed
lodged
organisedUK
placed
planted
domiciliated
implanted
inculcated
invested
moored
originated
put in place
produced
assembled
instigated
constructed
set in motion
catalyzedUS
catalysedUK
put in motion
put together
generated
affected
gave rise to
caused
set off
engendered
brought on
brought into being
activated
triggered
brought into existence
brought to pass
incorporated
set about
set in
incited
provoked
induced
elicited
prompted
started up
devised
kicked off
occasioned
invoked
fostered
embarked on
fathered
hatched
designed
commenced
opened
engineered
setted
forged
crafted
sparked
fashioned
actualized
composed
authored
machinated
fabricated
precipitated
spawned
stirred up
knocked up
knocked together
threw together
inspired
enkindled
kick-started
triggered off
stimulated
evoked
spurred
sparked off
whipped up
worked up
made a start on
started off
laid the cornerstone of
got something functioning
got something off the ground
laid the first stone of
floated
opened up
masterminded
given rise to
begotten
begat
driven
drove
begot
sown the seeds of
thrown together
sowed the seeds of
entrenched
grounded
centeredUS
ensconced
rooted
put
landed
centralizedUS
got going
positioned
stuck
consolidated
centralisedUK
centredUK
embedded
fixed
fixt
invented
brought
bred
contributed to
structured
revolutionizedUS
issued
cooked up
discovered
conceived
conceived of
came out with
spearheaded
contrived
concocted
turned out
modernizedUS
knocked off
rang in
started out
modernisedUK
put up
threw up
revolutionisedUK
executed
materialisedUK
realisedUK
mouldedUK
materializedUS
realizedUS
cast
pieced
rendered
rigged
did
germinated
moldedUS
exercised
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have come to a judgment
determined
finalizedUS
resolved
confirmed
specified
agreed to
concluded
decreed
designated
ruled on
adjudged
adjudicated
arbitrated
authorisedUK
decided on
deemed
finalisedUK
judged
settled on
agreed on
assigned
cinched
clinched
figured out
fixed upon
nailed down
named
ordained
pinned down
prescribed
setted
worked out
squared off
squared up
declared
ruled
held
pronounced
decided
counted
found
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to bestow legal or official authority to
commissioned
empowered
enabled
entitled
accredited
qualified
certified
chartered
invested
licencedUK
licensedUS
mandated
privileged
vested
warranted
blest
blessed
rubber-stamped
gave authority
given authority
gave authority to
given authority to
gave permission
given permission
gave someone the authority
given someone the authority
gave the go-ahead
given the go-ahead
gave the word
given the word
said the word
gave the green light
given the green light
more ❯
“They authorized him to use force if necessary.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to enact or establish legally or legislatively
enacted
passed
ordained
ordered
decreed
legislated
ratified
sanctioned
approved
validated
accepted
commanded
established
constituted
implemented
imposed
laid down
lay down
legalisedUK
legalizedUS
made
proclaimed
ruled
made law
OKed
accomplished
appointed
determined
dictated
effected
effectuated
endorsed
executed
fixed
formulated
instituted
railroaded
set
steamrolled
transacted
brought into effect
brought to bear
put into practice
brought about
carried through
gave the go-ahead to
given the go-ahead to
jammed through
made laws
put through
railroaded through
voted favorably
voted in
got the floor
gotten the floor
gave the OK to
given the OK to
gave the seal of approval to
given the seal of approval to
made into law
put in force
gave the green light to
given the green light to
gave the thumbs up to
given the thumbs up to
authorisedUK
fixt
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to bestow legal or official authority to
commissioned
appointed
charged
contracted
empowered
engaged
assigned
delegated
deputed
detailed
employed
enlisted
hired
nominated
accredited
certified
chartered
constituted
co-opted
deputisedUK
deputizedUS
designated
enabled
entrusted
intrusted
invested
licencedUK
licensedUS
named
ordered
placed
qualified
recruited
retained
selected
tasked
trusted
vested
warranted
booked
book
bid
bade
commanded
committed
consigned
crowned
dispatched
enrolled
inaugurated
inducted
instructed
ordained
sent
signed up
confided to
authorisedUK
ceded
passed on
remitted
handed on
bestowed
put
handed down
signed over
yielded
surrendered
laid
presented
freighted
appropriated
rendered
lodged
sent on
put in the mail
let go of
put in the post
carried
alienated
expressed
conducted
put into someone's hands
yolden
yold
circulated
redirected
abandoned
abdicated
pointed
guided
let
resigned
brought
run
beared
lent
advanced
ferried
ascribed
distributed
turned in
devised
steered
communicated
hauled
aliened
deeded
coughed up
let out
demised
ushered
showed
laid down
reached
disseminated
marshalledUK
marshaledUS
imparted
putten
furnished
accorded
afforded
airmailed
put into hands of
sent out
channelledUK
channeledUS
put in the hands of
renounced
put on
let someone have
let have
put on board
put in touch with
waived
forked out
forked up
given away
gave away
burdened
tendered
proffered
levelledUK
aimed
turned
leveledUS
confined
found employment for
led
leaded
patronisedUK
stored
patronizedUS
loaned
aided
attributed
took
taken
offloaded
ran
attorned
found a job for
hurried
got
encumbered
dismissed
saddled
supplied
railroaded
shunted
loaded
hand-carried
speeded
sped
contacted
diverted
quickened
foisted
donated
pertained
granted to
entrusted to
belonged
made trustee
allowed to look after
lugged
fetched
tost
tossed
decentralisedUK
decentralizedUS
imputed
shown
lay down
contributed
piloted
chucked
carted
smuggled
dropped
embarked
exported
relayed
relaid
gave to
given to
run with
applied
parcelled out
connected
associated
walked through
made haste
parceled out
packed
toted
removed
passed down
squared
paid
exchanged
bunged
legated
relocated
reattributed
held responsible for
run with ball
sent on mission
equipped
sent on errand
dropped off
handed to
passed to
parted with
piggybacked
trucked
shouldered
directed to
sent to
consigned to
rendered up
palmed off
fobbed off
sent by post
favouredUK
dealt out
dished out
awarded
passed around
escorted
reassigned
favoredUS
divvied up
outfitted
rationed
provisioned
disbursed
left to by will
fitted out
kitted out
accoutred
paid out
administered
stocked
passed out
shepherded
meted out
laid on
earmarked
passed on to
made payment of
fixed up
placed on
rigged out
invested with
changed
shipped out
dispatched by post
diffused
sent to take up an appointment
postmarked
handed out
assigned to a post
turned over to
got off
fitted up
accommodated
made payment
partitioned
shelled out
dumped
gotten
thrown
threw
ran with
ran with ball
schlepped
equipt
delivered to
delivering to
lay on
gotten off
seen
saw
gave out
begave
begiven
given out
gone aboard
went aboard
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task
qualified
equipped
equipt
fitted
fit
prepared
trained
allowed
armed
empowered
licencedUK
licensedUS
permitted
readied
seasoned
coached
educated
taught
upskilled
made ready
Verb
▲
Past tense for to bestow legal or official authority to
qualified
certified
empowered
passed
commissioned
graduated
equipped
equipt
trained
accredited
chartered
conditioned
enabled
fitted
fit
grounded
ground
invested
licencedUK
licensedUS
prepared
readied
succeeded
vested
warranted
capacitated
endowed
permitted
sanctioned
gained certification
gained qualifications
met
passed muster
scored
sufficed
suited
got through
gotten through
checked out
cut it
got by
gotten by
hacked it
made it
measured up
earned one's wings
filled the bill
made the cut
made the grade
came through with flying colours
come through with flying colours
came up to snuff
come up to snuff
Verb
▲
Past tense for sign one's name at the foot of
undersigned
initialedUS
initialledUK
autographed
inscribed
witnessed
subscribed
acknowledged
confirmed
endorsed
inked
rubber-stamped
put John Hancock on
put John Henry on
put one's John Hancock on
set one's hand to
signed
engrossed
signed your name
penned
written signature
handwrote
wrote signature
handwritten
wrote by hand
written by hand
authorisedUK
countersigned
added
styled
put
put signature on
underwrote
underwritten
appended
superscribed
written
wrote
validated
scribbled
pencilledUK
penciledUS
scrawled
notarized
cosigned
signed off on
re-signed
signed on the back of
said amen to
signed one's name
dashed off
signed on the back
setted your hand to
signed on dotted line
added one's name to
putten
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to order or authorize the production of (something)
commissioned
ordered
bespoke
bespake
bespoken
contracted for
paid for
placed an order for
put in an order for
Verb
▲
Past tense for to hire (somebody) for work or a job
hired
employed
engaged
appointed
commissioned
recruited
enlisted
took on
taken on
assumed
enrolled
feed
paid
placed
retained
signed on
booked
book
carried
delegated
draughted
drafted
empowered
exploited
inked
laid on
lay on
let
obtained
occupied
picked
pledged
procured
promised
secured
selected
signed up
subleased
sublet
utilisedUK
utilizedUS
brought in
contracted for
found help
gave work
given work
put on
took into employment
taken into employment
trucked with
added to payroll
brought on board
filled a position
gave a break
given a break
gave job to
given job to
made use of
put on the payroll
put to work
secured the services of
took into service
taken into service
Verb
▲
Past tense for to officially give a specified name or status to
designated
called
labelledUK
labeledUS
named
termed
dubbed
styled
christened
entitled
pronounced
tagged
branded
classified
denominated
nominated
baptisedUK
baptizedUS
classed
defined
described
titled
billed
characterisedUK
characterizedUS
cleped
clepen
clept
denoted
indicated
specified
stipulated
deputisedUK
deputizedUS
individualisedUK
individualizedUS
nicknamed
referred to
Verb
▲
Past tense for to execute or carry out
administered
applied
enforced
executed
implemented
effected
effectuated
enacted
performed
plied
prosecuted
accomplished
discharged
engaged
exacted
imposed
perpetrated
served
did
done
exercised
exerted
processed
realisedUK
realizedUS
rendered
transacted
inflicted
carried out
served out
dealt out
brought about
brought off
carried off
carried through
followed through with
brought into effect
brought into play
brought to bear
put in force
put into action
put into effect
put into operation
put into practice
Verb
▲
Past tense for give an authoritative or peremptory order
commanded
ordered
charged
directed
enjoined
demanded
told
bid
bade
instructed
required
adjured
asked
called
dictated
obliged
compelled
decreed
exacted
mandated
ordained
solicited
urged
claimed
needed
prescribed
requested
requisitioned
summoned
beckoned
expected
forced
necessitated
sought
tasked
appointed
quested
ruled
subpoenaed
warned
called on
called upon
forced upon
pressed for
bossed around
clamored for
gave directions
given directions
gave orders to
given orders to
gave the order to
given the order to
imposed on
put foot down
called for
gave orders
given orders
insisted on
laid down the law
stipulated for
gave the command to
given the command to
called the shots
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