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What is another word for
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Adjective
Having the approval or authorization of an authority or public body
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted
Conforming or adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
Permitted or allowed to be done, either legally or by consent
(
free to
)
Allowed or permitted to do something
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard
Treated or regarded with partiality
Chosen or nominated as good or suitable for a given title or position
Having been imposed or established by authority
Verb
To have granted something to someone
To have made a law
To have invested in or provided financial assistance
Past tense for to impose a sanction or penalty on
Past tense for to champion or endorse a cause
Past tense for to inaugurate into an office or an organization, especially ceremonially
Past tense for to offer a recommendation
Past tense for to cease to endorse
Past tense for to ask someone to do something in an urgent manner
(
arrive at
)
Past tense for to reach (a conclusion or decision)
Past tense for to provide an acceptable explanation for
Past tense for to express approval or admiration of
Past tense for to advise as the best course or choice
Past tense for to predict, prophesy, or tell of future events
Past tense for to feel a desire or liking for
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Adjective
▲
Having the approval or authorization of an authority or public body
authorised
UK
authorized
US
approved
official
licenced
UK
licensed
US
accepted
accredited
allowed
confirmed
permitted
empowered
warranted
okayed
certified
endorsed
recognized
US
ratified
recognised
UK
validated
legal
legitimate
lawful
supported
kosher
affirmed
backed
qualified
authentic
legit
legalized
US
proper
vouched for
authoritative
formal
authenticated
documented
verified
legalised
UK
settled
valid
agreed
established
signed and sealed
bona fide
acknowledged
advocated
commended
commissioned
signed
correct
sealed
recommended
licit
OK'd
true
agreed upon
ex officio
registered
determined
done
arrived at
prescribed
eligible
appointed
entitled
explicit
methodical
countenanced
deputed
guaranteed
pro forma
chartered
franchised
genuine
ascribed
attributed
deputized
US
credited
concluded
upheld
sponsored
notarized
underwritten
blessed
attested
bonafide
acceptable
privileged
deputised
UK
credible
binding
sound
ex cathedra
canonical
cleared
OK'd boosted
constitutional
permissible
certifiable
signed, sealed, and delivered
selected
praised
favored
US
suggested
officially recognized
okay
undisputed
contractual
actual
real
veritable
effective
usable
by virtue of position
right
rightful
unexpired
straight from the horse's mouth
favoured
UK
mentioned
legally acceptable
legally binding
in effect
in force
true-blue
within the law
traditional
conventional
standard
customary
usual
regular
normal
common
received
universal
appropriate
passed
proven
certain
chosen
time-honoured
made official
more ❯
“An inner cabinet in Tokyo authorized Japan's only officially
sanctioned
diplomatic initiative.”
Adjective
▲
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted
acknowledged
accepted
recognised
UK
recognized
US
established
authorised
UK
authorized
US
approved
admitted
confirmed
declared
avowed
known
proper
agreed
confessed
correct
true
professed
just
proclaimed
sworn
rightful
genuine
accredited
unquestioned
answered
returned
conceded
unchallenged
undisputed
undoubted
well-known
agreed upon
commonly accepted
generally accepted
widely recognized
standard
customary
general
characteristic
renowned
believed
familiar
prevalent
understood
prevailing
recognizable
US
identified
documented
stock
orthodox
stipulated
perceived
popular
universal
regular
conventional
regulation
allowed
remembered
predictable
accustomed
traditional
realized
US
recognisable
UK
realised
UK
self-confessed
overt
open
stated
certified
self-proclaimed
self-acknowledged
asserted
affirmed
avowedly
told
pledged
announced
blatant
noted
celebrated
notorious
notable
famous
plain
published
proven
obvious
proverbial
common
publicized
US
revealed
received
publicised
UK
patent
branded
manifest
well known
widely known
publicly known
generally known
down pat
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Conforming or adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
orthodox
conventional
traditional
standard
accepted
customary
regular
common
established
normal
usual
prevailing
popular
prevalent
ordinary
routine
formal
familiar
mainstream
proper
recognised
UK
recognized
US
authorised
UK
authorized
US
approved
official
acknowledged
ceremonial
correct
ceremonious
received
legitimate
right
authoritative
canonical
square
doctrinal
kosher
straight
rightful
derivative
unheretical
unoriginal
well established
well-established
bien pensant
by the numbers
in line
straight arrow
according to the book
fixed
set
classic
legal
lawful
classical
time-honored
stock
time-honoured
habitual
accustomed
wonted
universal
prescribed
settled
general
confirmed
sound
tried and true
tried and tested
expected
typical
acceptable
proven
long-established
valid
widespread
widely used
rooted
ritual
prescriptive
bona fide
ritualistic
dyed-in-the-wool
inveterate
undoubted
unquestioned
natural
undisputed
statutory
canonic
uncontested
entrenched
historic
stable
ingrained
deep-rooted
traditionary
old
old-fashioned
traditionalistic
old-style
officially recognized
true
permanent
secure
unshakable
vested
strict
stereotyped
undistinguished
staid
orderly
regimented
express
documented
methodical
unadventurous
conformist
representative
run-of-the-mill
immemorial
taken for granted
explicit
certified
systematic
stated
formulaic
formalistic
ceremonialistic
agreed
tried and trusted
endorsed
understood
admitted
definitive
household
predominant
going
fashionable
touted
regulation
current
preferred
everyday
plain
legit
unopposed
okayed
passed
magisterial
best
well-known
agreed upon
commanding
accredited
sovereign
well worn
bog-standard
in vogue
executive
supreme
ex cathedra
mandatory
bureaucratic
imperial
ruling
ex officio
administrative
departmental
arrived at
majority
rife
rampant
in circulation
existing
average
shared
overall
dominant
pervasive
middle-of-the-road
ubiquitous
comprehensive
sweeping
widely held
in force
in style
in fashion
lamestream
central
core
primary
vanilla
extant
modern
latest
contemporary
present
mass
wide
broad
global
national
collective
joint
communal
overarching
outright
blanket
reigning
nationwide
societal
wholesale
epidemic
commonplace
total
public
vulgar
all-round
broad-spectrum
all-around
across-the-board
broad-brush
across the board
commonest
predominating
operative
influential
main
preponderating
principal
catholic
fundamental
all-embracing
preponderant
worldwide
steady
ecumenical
regnant
most scholarly
most reliable
most usual
most frequent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Permitted or allowed to be done, either legally or by consent
all right
admissible
permitted
acceptable
allowable
permissible
authorised
UK
authorized
US
approved
tolerable
legitimate
allowed
lawful
licit
tolerated
legal
proper
OK
excusable
kosher
pardonable
sanctionable
legit
venial
passable
pukka
in order
above board
within accepted bounds
within the law
warranted
legalized
US
valid
recognized
US
just
legalised
UK
accepted
recognised
UK
licensed
US
constitutional
statutory
official
fair
rightful
licenced
UK
okay
by the book
on the up and up
right
genuine
due
bona fide
on the level
true
justified
honest
condign
suitable
appropriate
justifiable
sound
chartered
endorsed
granted
going by the rules
canonical
satisfactory
reliable
straight
trustworthy
sensible
consented
statutable
authentic
vested
accredited
unforbidden
unprohibited
acknowledged
aboveboard
established
upright
orthodox
innocent
protected
de jure
enjoined
passed
decreed
card-carrying
ordained
judged
enforced
real
welcome
sufferable
admitted
correct
bearable
unobjectionable
sanctioned by law
competent
deserved
merited
A-OK
totally fine
reasonable
supportable
tenable
defensible
juridical
decriminalised
UK
ordered
decriminalized
US
ruled
jurisprudent
mandated
jural
judicial
commanded
warrantable
legislated
enacted
legitimatized
of right
certified
secured
guaranteed
assured
codified
ratified
constituted
sincere
straightforward
probable
rational
possible
logical
worthy
likely
pertinent
concedable
well-founded
applicable
relevant
fitting
democratic
ensured
representative
by law
in accordance with the constitution
upfront
for real
verifiable
square
straight-shooting
honest-to-goodness
truthful
not unlikely
not impossible
dependable
good
right as rain
telling the truth
fair and square
on the up-and-up
astute
wise
sagacious
judicious
intelligent
favoured
UK
let
favored
US
conceded
accorded
percipient
shrewd
perceptive
reputable
proven
fly
faithful
tried-and-true
significant
safe
enforceable
binding
ex cathedra
contractual
precedented
enforcible
prescribed
sure enough
sustainable
plausible
understandable
endurable
manageable
credible
believable
brookable
feasible
viable
forgivable
imaginable
thinkable
defendable
convincing
maintainable
workable
livable
reasoned
coherent
realistic
conceivable
explainable
solid
grounded
able to hold water
respectable
attainable
achievable
righteous
doable
practicable
affordable
expected
predictable
inevitable
cogent
condonable
vindicable
normal
natural
foreseeable
compelling
unsurprising
arguable
remissible
accountable
mortal
creditable
pragmatic
lucid
congruent
fit
explicable
persuasive
dinkum
effective
supposable
comprehensible
cogitable
earthly
to be expected
anticipated
par for the course
on the cards
practical
equitable
commonsensical
objective
sober
decent
advisable
prudent
thoughtful
impartial
commonsense
sapient
moderate
restrained
conservative
controlled
reflective
sane
temperate
analytical
unprejudiced
informed
thought-out
well-thought-out
firm
levelheaded
cognitive
unexcessive
level-headed
analytic
fair-minded
open to reason
evenhanded
well-advised
in one's right mind
based on good sense
ratiocinative
making sense
clear-cut
full of common sense
unbiased
standing to reason
politic
well-grounded
knowing
cerebral
well grounded
thinking
commonsensible
together
cool
circumspect
consistent
well thought out
well advised
unextreme
well reasoned
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
free to
)
Allowed or permitted to do something
free
able
open
allowed
at liberty
approved
authorised
UK
authorized
US
permitted
unconstrained
unbounded
unhampered
unhindered
unobstructed
unregulated
unrestricted
capable of
in a position to
footloose
uncontrolled
entitled
fit
eligible
at leisure
without constraint
Adjective
▲
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard
prescriptive
authoritarian
dictatorial
dogmatic
rigid
despotic
tyrannical
arbitrary
binding
classical
coercive
conventional
customary
enforceable
insistent
limiting
narrow
oppressive
pontifical
repressive
traditional
accepted
authoritative
bossy
didactic
doctrinaire
inflexible
legislating
normative
preceptive
prescribed
strict
unbending
Adjective
▲
Treated or regarded with partiality
preferred
favored
US
favoured
UK
favourite
UK
favorite
US
choice
chosen
elect
fancied
ideal
selected
endorsed
handpicked
picked
popular
adopted
approved
culled
elected
liked
select
in
recommended
decided upon
settled upon
singled out
of choice
well-liked
cherry-picked
first-line
fave
hand-picked
pet
elite
most-liked
exclusive
designated
fav
carefully chosen
particular
nominated
best-liked
best-loved
default
appointed
weeded
named
special
tabbed
dearest
certain
desired
recherché
preferable
recherche
preferential
screened
pegged
conscripted
much-loved
closest to one's heart
blue-eyed
adored
instinctive
sweetheart
advantaged
privileged
lucky
blessed
primary
standard
prize
blue-ribbon
finest
crack
called
desirable
first-choice
go-to
destination
specially selected
number one
with the nod
sought after
top-quality
must-see
first-picked
treasured
esteemed
golden
identified
specified
anointed
assigned
cited
ordained
commissioned
delegated
announced
declared
authorized
US
classified
consecrated
certified
individuated
deputed
vested
entrusted
supported
authorised
UK
mentioned
drafted
opted for
settled on
fixed
agreed
set
arranged
settled
allotted
determined
established
scheduled
prearranged
noble
voted
picked out
invited
aristocratic
vetted
voted in
advocated
commended
specially chosen
praised
suggested
upper-class
decided
predetermined
rarefied
limited
entitled
honoured
UK
cliquish
honored
US
installed
prescribed
preordained
decreed
programmed
planned
preset
controlled
pre-planned
given
arranged in advance
preplanned
pre-established
intended
indulged
fortunate
posh
private
arranged beforehand advance
decided beforehand
cliquey
restricted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Chosen or nominated as good or suitable for a given title or position
named
chosen
nominated
selected
anointed
designated
favoured
UK
favored
US
identified
specified
announced
appointed
assigned
cited
commissioned
declared
delegated
elected
ordained
picked
approved
authorised
UK
authorized
US
certified
classified
consecrated
deputed
individuated
pegged
preferred
vested
drafted
entrusted
mentioned
supported
tabbed
decided upon
settled on
singled out
opted for
set
decided
particular
agreed
prearranged
fixed
prescribed
certain
select
elect
called
handpicked
favorite
US
choice
preferential
favourite
UK
exclusive
popular
conscripted
of choice
cherry-picked
hand-picked
first-line
voted
picked out
adopted
with the nod
much-loved
stated
specific
voted in
delineated
predetermined
given
assumed
known
allotted
settled
determined
arranged
established
scheduled
proposed
suggested
installed
preordained
decreed
culled
preferable
weeded
carefully chosen
elite
recommended
privileged
ideal
screened
special
best-liked
fave
advantaged
lucky
in
endorsed
recherché
noble
specially selected
well-liked
recherche
pet
most-liked
fancied
invited
blue-ribbon
blue-eyed
aristocratic
liked
finest
default
crack
prize
vetted
settled upon
primary
standard
advocated
commended
specially chosen
top-quality
first-choice
praised
upper-class
sweetheart
blessed
rarefied
limited
number one
entitled
honoured
UK
cliquish
honored
US
programmed
planned
preset
controlled
pre-planned
arranged in advance
preplanned
pre-established
intended
indulged
fortunate
posh
private
arranged beforehand advance
decided beforehand
cliquey
restricted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having been imposed or established by authority
enforced
imposed
prescribed
mandatory
compulsory
obligatory
necessary
required
requisite
forced
involuntary
demanded
unavoidable
binding
stipulated
inescapable
exacted
coerced
compelled
dictated
ordained
contractual
constrained
necessitated
impelled
obliged
advocated
charged
enjoined
established
executed
invoked
kept
de rigueur
carried out
forced upon
imperative
incumbent
peremptory
nonelective
statutory
essential
compulsatory
set
enforceable
unwilling
slave
forcible
conscripted
needed
vital
indispensable
coercive
OB
recommended
pivotal
imperious
prerequisite
needful
critical
crucial
integral
necessitous
important
the law
called for
must-have
compelling
urgent
commanding
irremissible
fixed
pressing
called-for
importunate
exigent
clamant
acute
instant
crying
dire
emergent
burning
overriding
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have granted something to someone
allowed
granted
approved
authorized
US
gave
licensed
US
countenanced
assumed
bestowed
presented
legalized
US
legitimated
legitimatized
authorised
UK
legalised
UK
licenced
UK
endorsed
warranted
permitted
ratified
accepted
accredited
OKed
validated
confirmed
okayed
supported
consented to
certified
let
approbated
empowered
backed
formalized
US
commissioned
agreed to
cleared
enabled
formalised
UK
legitimized
US
entitled
finalized
US
qualified
homologated
consented
affirmed
passed
finalised
UK
legitimised
UK
blessed
blest
recognized
US
condoned
upheld
favored
US
vested
favoured
UK
signed
recognised
UK
adopted
tolerated
authenticated
suffered
vouched for
invested
advocated
acquiesced
acceded
chartered
signed off on
gave the green light to
given the green light to
agreed
rubber-stamped
assented to
approved of
put up with
acceded to
went along with
gone along with
indulged
endured
gave the thumbs up to
given the thumbs up to
vindicated
championed
brooked
made legal
letten
leet
enacted
acknowledged
assented
bought
privileged
said yes to
acquiesced in
given the go-ahead to
gave the go-ahead to
given the nod
subscribed to
gave the nod
put into effect
had
admitted of
justified
upholden
recommended
promoted
sustained
decriminalized
US
given permission
gave permission
legislated
espoused
admitted
concurred
gave the go-ahead
given the go-ahead
beared
decriminalised
UK
concurred with
said the word
established
corroborated
given the OK to
gave the OK to
given the green light
gave the green light
regulated
sealed
mandated
ordained
constituted
decreed
encouraged
capacitated
agreed with
welcomed
submitted to
put John Hancock on
stood for
stood up for
put the seal of approval on
conceded
granted the right to
humored
US
granted permission to
humoured
UK
let pass
stood
stomached
substantiated
abode
abided
hacked
swallowed
bound
defended
handled
bided
endowed
absorbed
absorpt
complied
subscribed
met
pocketed
tholed
advised
commended
urged
embraced
pushed
sticked
stuck
concurred in
appreciated
entrusted
boughten
laundered
formulated
codified
countersigned
green-lighted
green-lit
honoured
UK
honored
US
plugged
greenlit
greenlighted
pronounced lawful
abetted
gave permission to
given permission to
said yes
yessed
smiled on
sanctified
heard of
boosted
gave the stamp of approval to
pressed for
cleaned up
cared for
campaigned for
come round
sweated out
franchised
lobbied for
stuck out
rooted for
lived with
rubber stamped
given the stamp of approval to
verified
proved
let someone have
bore
borne
given someone leave
gave someone leave
gone for
went for
gave one's assent to
given one's assent to
guaranteed
took
taken
excused
appointed
provided
given permission for
gave permission for
enfranchised
given
delegated
made
seconded
maintained
esteemed
valued
accorded
normalized
US
caused
yielded
furthered
gave the nod to
given the nod to
rated
accounted for
initialled
UK
initialed
US
received
praised
sponsored
dittoed
given leave to
gave leave to
regarded highly
bucked for
given approval to
thought well of
made valid
conformed to
eulogised
UK
granted the right
granted leave to
set seal on
spread around
given stamp of approval
received gladly
shook on
knuckled under
gave authority to
eulogized
US
normalised
UK
given authority to
given the thumbs up
said uncle
cut a deal
coped with
gave the thumbs up
given power to
flashed on
voted for
granted a licence to
granted authority to
qualified for
granted authorization to
complied with
winked at
blinked at
tilted toward
shaken on
granted a permit to
gave approval to
sided with
looked up to
gave power to
stumped for
held with
bought into
gave stamp of approval
sat still for
bounden
bidden
bode
gone
went
worn
wore
underwritten
underwrote
got behind
acquiesced to
given consent to
gave one's blessing to
gotten behind
notarized
took to
given the right to
taken to
gave a blank cheque to
came round
argued for
gave the right to
given one's blessing to
gave consent to
given a blank cheque to
attested
assigned merit
assigned value
backed up
circumstantiated
prove
proven
underpinned
evidenced
demonstrated
conferred
merited
prescribed
indemnified
deputed
withstood
declared lawful
buttressed
suggested
asserted
underwent
undergone
understood
clinched
deserved
demanded
proposed
awarded
graced
gave the go-ahead for
given the go-ahead for
greeted
equipped
carried
avowed
regularized
US
required
earned
heeded
offered
obliged
indorsed
lent weight to
patronized
US
consigned
ignored
yolden
yold
accommodated
arranged
pardoned
charged
engaged
touted
checked out
entailed
advanced
necessitated
testified to
preferred
conformed
declared legal
taken a liking to
run interference for
bore with
gave green light
given a permit to
freed up
passed on
fallen in with
held a brief for
left
folded
allowed for
officially approved
bestowed on
allied oneself with
pushed for
rolled over
aided and abetted
made eligible
gave authorization to
accepted apology for
hung in
cosigned
accepted as valid
undersigned
toed the mark
sat and took it
permitted to
valorized
received wholeheartedly
patronised
UK
made binding
made allowance
endowed in
stood behind
made stick
granted to
sat tight
voted in
caved in
taken up
gained
struck
gave a permit to
gave the OK
deferred
laid down
signed on
fell in with
played along with
took a liking to
borne with
regularised
UK
plunked for
given in
built up
took up
heard
plumped for
bowed down to
toed the line
called for
toughed out
received enthusiastically
facilitated
yielded to
stayed the course
certificated
consigned to
got into
made legally binding
made a deal
had coming
bore out
given authority
hung in there
obeyed
took kindly to
lapped up
campaigned on behalf of
deferred to
strung along
made law
armed
given a licence to
settled on
vested in
given authorization to
laughed off
lent your name to
gave the go ahead to
legislated for
pleaded for
invested in
bolstered
made allowances for
explained away
offered grounds for
paid attention to
conceded to
braced up
took a shine to
stuck up for
looked on with favour
conferred a right
played ball
abided by
said so
given green light
taken a shine to
gave in
gave a licence to
given the OK
come to an agreement on
turned a blind eye to
entrusted to
conferred on
conferred a right to
fitted for
invested with power
believed in
allowed to
nodded at
taken kindly to
said the magic word
borne out
gave authority
made into law
entertained
nodded through
gone with the flow
went with the flow
gave one's consent
given one's consent
gave someone authorization
given someone authorization
equipt
undertaken
undertook
fallen for
fell for
given the seal of approval to
gave the seal of approval to
gave go-ahead
given go-ahead
given ground for
gave ground for
accorded with
given the right
gave the right
given okay
given the O.K.
gave the O.K.
gave okay
gave your blessing
gave carte blanche
given your blessing
given carte blanche
lay down
forgave
forgiven
engagde in
beared the brunt of
engaged in
gave one's word
given one's word
gave to
given to
gave authority for
gave the green light for
given the green light for
given authority for
given a right to
gave a right to
gave something the go ahead
given something the go ahead
gave weight to
attested to
given weight to
took on board
taken on board
threw in the towel
gave up
gave in to
given in to
thrown in the towel
given up
stricken
agreed on
came to an agreement on
gave a certificate to
given a certificate to
gave a diploma to
given a diploma to
given means to
gave someone the authority
gave the power to
given someone the authority
gave the means to
given the means to
gave means to
given the power to
given the okay to
gave the okay to
gave credence to
showed beyond doubt
shown to be true
given credence to
shown beyond doubt
showed to be true
given substance to
gave substance to
gone to bat for
gotten on bandwagon
spoke for
gone with
gave a leg up
gave a lift
ran interference for
went to bat for
rode shotgun
got on bandwagon
given a leg up
went with
ridden shotgun
spoken for
given a lift
given approval for
gave consent for
gave approval for
given consent for
gotten into
took up the cudgels for
took to heart
took on
taken to heart
threw your weight behind
taken on
thrown your weight behind
gone in for
went in for
taken up the cudgels for
given five
gave five
given leave for
gave leave for
more ❯
“He may seem ready to
sanction
the use of force.”
Verb
▲
To have made a law
established
legislated
laid down
constituted
formulated
ratified
decreed
effected
effectuated
introduced
passed
enacted
instituted
appointed
dictated
initiated
ordained
proclaimed
authorized
US
brought about
came up with
carried through
inaugurated
inducted
put in force
put through
set up
ushered in
voted in
authorised
UK
installed
made
made into law
practised
UK
practiced
US
implemented
approved
fulfilled
lay down
carried out
conducted
declared
set
put into practice
drafted
advanced
formed
pursued
draughted
organised
UK
organized
US
waged
administered
arranged
negotiated
confirmed
carried off
pulled off
compassed
ordered
validated
drew up
engaged in
commanded
accepted
imposed
ruled
legalized
US
come up with
OKed
made law
jammed through
brought into effect
followed through with
voted favorably
steamrolled
railroaded
endorsed
determined
executed
railroaded through
legalised
UK
made laws
accomplished
brought to bear
fixed
transacted
fixt
drawn up
engagde in
gave the go-ahead to
gave the green light to
got the floor
given the green light to
gave the thumbs up to
given the seal of approval to
given the thumbs up to
given the OK to
gotten the floor
gave the seal of approval to
given the go-ahead to
gave the OK to
framed
founded
created
started
launched
put in place
developed
originated
instigated
set in motion
put in motion
commenced
found
brought into being
set forth
pioneered
began
built
produced
innovated
assembled
constructed
catalyzed
US
invented
catalysed
UK
gave rise to
planted
kicked off
designed
engineered
forged
crafted
fashioned
set down
generated
actualized
composed
setted
authored
developt
affected
machinated
fabricated
erected
secured
brought in
brought into existence
brought to pass
knocked up
knocked together
engendered
got going
brought on
brought forward
planned
started ball rolling
entered
fixed up
knocked down
admitted
paved the way
unveiled
phased in
begun
gotten going
got under way
got things rolling
took the lead in
taken the lead in
gotten under way
gotten things rolling
caused
embarked on
materialised
UK
realised
UK
moulded
UK
materialized
US
realized
US
induced
cast
pieced
rendered
shope
rigged
shaped
did
germinated
molded
US
triggered
occasioned
incited
invoked
elicited
provoked
brought
prompted
fostered
bred
contributed to
exercised
based
incorporated
started up
stationed
entrenched
implanted
grounded
centered
US
ensconced
rooted
put
landed
moored
centralized
US
positioned
lodged
placed
stuck
consolidated
centralised
UK
centred
UK
structured
embedded
domiciliated
devised
revolutionized
US
put together
issued
cooked up
fathered
discovered
conceived
conceived of
came out with
spearheaded
contrived
concocted
threw together
turned out
modernized
US
hatched
knocked off
rang in
started out
modernised
UK
put up
threw up
revolutionised
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have invested in or provided financial assistance
helped
bankrolled
backed
financed
promoted
sponsored
contributed to
forwarded
furthered the interests of
gave a boost to
gave a donation to
gave backing to
gave money to
invested in
opened doors
subsidised
UK
subsidized
US
advanced
contributed
endorsed
endowed
favoured
UK
gave
buttressed
cooperated
advised
backstopped
bailed out
championed
favored
US
indorsed
launched
mentored
profited
propped up
reenforced
reinforced
delivered
aided
assisted
supported
holpen
holp
facilitated
funded
furthered
advocated
bolstered
benefitted
benefited
encouraged
abetted
nurtured
given backing to
given a donation to
given money to
patronized
US
succoured
UK
paved the way for
patronised
UK
succored
US
lent support to
given a boost to
given
fostered
boosted
cultivated
stimulated
nourished
nursed
incubated
developt
developed
strengthened
espoused
proselytized
US
proselytised
UK
spread
urged
raised
reared
bred
served
advantaged
enriched
capitalized
US
kept
propagandized
US
payed
paid
staked
capitalised
UK
provided capital for
propagandised
UK
put up the money for
picked up the tab for
footed the bill for
brought up
presented
preached
proclaimed
praught
suggested
peddled
propounded
protected
mothered
tended
fueled
fuelled
recommended
upheld
insured
sustained
guaranteed
fomented
attended
underwrote
underwritten
safeguarded
fed
feed
floated
bettered
pushed for
paid for
sat
worked for
fathered
cradled
helped in
baby-sat
provided security
forked out for
subscribed
provided for
kept an eye on
shelled out for
nursemaided
grubstaked
coughed up for
spoken for
kept tabs on
paid a subsidy to
watched out for
made a contribution to
administered to
provided security for
picked up the check
spoke for
juiced
waited on
shored up
cared for
kept alive
aided in
campaigned for
secured
primed the pump
chipped in for
provided finance for
watched over
ponied up for
provided financing
picked up the tab
ministered to
grown
grew
upholden
sitten
taken the risk for
took the risk for
gotten behind
got behind
seen to
took charge of
saw to
taken charge of
did someone good
done someone good
given support to
gave support to
given a grant to
gave a grant to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to impose a sanction or penalty on
chastised
disciplined
penalised
UK
penalized
US
punished
brought to book
disciplined someone for
rapped knuckles
slapped someone's wrist
threw the book at
thrown the book at
condemned
sentenced
chastened
reprimanded
come down on like a ton of bricks
cracked down on
come down on
meted out punishment to
taught a lesson
corrected
castigated
recompensed
made an example of
reprehended
came down on
came down on like a ton of bricks
tanned someone's hide
given a lesson to
laid down the law
fined
rapped over the knuckles
gave a lesson to
scapegoated
visited
punished severely
took disciplinary action against
taken disciplinary action against
gave someone the works
gave it to someone
given it to someone
given someone the works
given something a going-over
gave something a going-over
“We are currently examining the different means at our disposal to
sanction
them.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to champion or endorse a cause
encouraged
championed
endorsed
advocated
backed
supported
favored
US
favoured
UK
espoused
upheld
upholden
countenanced
commended
sustained
seconded
indorsed
patronised
UK
patronized
US
embraced
touted
affirmed
invited
sided with
backed up
argued for
subscribed to
rooted for
campaigned for
spoke for
spoken for
got behind
gotten behind
agitated for
worked for
went for
gone for
lent support to
pulled for
aided
helped
stood behind
plunked for
plumped for
assisted
stood up for
promoted
boosted
backstopped
set on
abetted
propped up
put up to
voted for
allied oneself with
stuck by
rallied round
advocated for
stuck up for
furthered
holpen
holp
succoured
UK
gone to bat for
went to bat for
thrown your weight behind
threw your weight behind
forwarded
incited
urged
prompted
condoned
expedited
colluded with
lent a hand
worked with
collaborated with
cooperated with
spurred
fostered
connived with
pushed
connived
prodded
goaded
succored
US
connived at
participated in
egged on
defended
smiled on
applauded
approbated
allied
grubstaked
plugged
abided by
voted
threw in with
fallen in with
fell in with
took up the cudgels for
taken up the cudgels for
thrown in with
gone along with
went along with
gave a push to
given a push to
approved of
taken someone's part
took one's side
taken one's side
gave help to
given help to
threw in one's lot with
thrown in one's lot with
took someone's part
gave a lift
given a lift
given a boost
given a leg up
gave a boost
given one's blessing to
gave one's blessing to
gave a leg up
put in a good word for
vouched for
protected
sponsored
stumped for
lobbied for
pleaded for
battled for
contended for
proposed
held a torch for
thumped for
fought for
crusaded for
rode shotgun
ridden shotgun
gone with
went with
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to inaugurate into an office or an organization, especially ceremonially
invested
ordained
inducted
installed
instated
inaugurated
authorised
UK
authorized
US
commissioned
initiated
empowered
warranted
accredited
enabled
qualified
crowned
licensed
US
certified
enthroned
anointed
vested
seated
chartered
licenced
UK
consecrated
established
baptised
UK
baptized
US
charged
honoured
UK
honored
US
provided
adopted
bequeathed
bequoth
bequethen
swore in
sworn in
admitted to office
coronated
delegated
ennobled
determined
dignified
appointed
introduced
admitted
enrolled
instituted
put in
recruited
enlisted
converted
selected
elevated
nominated
named
received
elected
signed up
admitted into office
cast
venerated
exalted
canonized
US
deified
glorified
registered
called
allowed
created
consummated
incorporated
indoctrinated
frocked
sweared
catechized
canonised
UK
kinged
deputed
installed in
welcomed
initiated into
acquainted
conscripted
draughted
instructed
introduced to
trained
instated in
educated
drafted
mandated
designated
sweared into
appointed to
contracted
engaged
deputized
US
detailed
signed on
conferred holy orders on
allotted
placed trust in
ordered
farmed out
deputised
UK
constituted
lorded
allocated
swore
sworn
allowed into
admitted to
chosen
chose
administered an oath to
took on
taken on
given nod
gave nod
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to offer a recommendation
advised
recommended
suggested
advocated
proposed
urged
advanced
endorsed
pushed
admonished
commended
counselled
UK
counseled
US
encouraged
enjoined
espoused
favored
US
favoured
UK
championed
extolled
supported
backed
bid
bade
countenanced
nominated
plugged
prescribed
promoted
exhorted
furthered
moved
prompted
adjured
charged
commanded
indorsed
opined
touted
pressed for
pushed for
argued for
lobbied for
rooted for
spoke for
spoken for
stumped for
called for
campaigned for
put forward
subscribed to
vouched for
spoke favorably of
spoken favorably of
went on record for
gone on record for
spoke in favor of
spoken in favor of
beat the drum for
beaten the drum for
offered recommendation
insisted on
spoken in favour of
spoke in favour of
Verb
▲
Past tense for to cease to endorse
disendorsed
Verb
▲
Past tense for to ask someone to do something in an urgent manner
urged
pressed
prest
prompted
goaded
exhorted
begged
encouraged
enjoined
pleaded
pled
prodded
adjured
admonished
beseeched
besought
entreated
implored
pressurised
UK
pressurized
US
compelled
influenced
pushed
spurred
appealed
constrained
dragooned
insisted
pressured
requested
asked
induced
instigated
maneuvered
US
manoeuvred
UK
moved
nagged
nudged
propelled
solicited
proposed
stimulated
wheedled
advanced
charged
commended
conjured
countenanced
incited
inspired
promoted
rationalised
UK
rationalized
US
tempted
egged on
called on
appealed to
insisted on
leaned on
prevailed on
pushed for
put up to
psyched up
put the heat on
tried to persuade
used pressure on
bulldozed into
put pressure on
put the screws on
railroaded into
twisted someone's arm
fired up
Verb
▲
(
arrive at
)
Past tense for to reach (a conclusion or decision)
arrived
reached
achieved
attained
established
accomplished
gained
negotiated
struck
stricken
clinched
hit
hat
hitten
ratified
endorsed
signed
thrashed out
worked out
drew up
drawn up
hammered out
put together
settled on
arrived at
came to
come to
decided on
hashed out
Verb
▲
Past tense for to provide an acceptable explanation for
excused
defended
justified
rationalised
UK
rationalized
US
vindicated
explained
mitigated
warranted
pretexted
whitewashed
alibied
appeased
cleared
covered
explained away
made a case for
provided a justification for
provided an explanation for
Verb
▲
Past tense for to express approval or admiration of
praised
commended
acclaimed
complimented
extolled
lauded
admired
aggrandized
celebrated
endorsed
honored
US
honoured
UK
applauded
appreciated
cheered
congratulated
eulogised
UK
eulogized
US
hailed
spoke highly of
spoken highly of
accredited
ballyhooed
boosted
credited
encouraged
heaped praise on
panegyrized
paid tribute to
saluted
sang the praises of
sung the praises of
toasted
touted
advocated
approved of
built up
cracked up
ennobled
expressed admiration for
expressed approval of
handed it to
paid homage to
paid respects to
proclaimed
puffed up
raved about
recommended
said nice things about
showed appreciation for
shown appreciation for
spoke well of
spoken well of
waxed lyrical about
bigged up
big upped
cited
clapped
clapt
cried up
dignified
distinguished
went into raptures about
gone into raptures about
made much of
praised to the skies
took one's hat off to
taken one's hat off to
threw bouquets at
thrown bouquets at
glorified
emblazoned
approved
countenanced
mentioned
built
stroked
looked on with favour
heard it for
gave a posy
given a posy
put on a pedestal
magnified
exalted
lift
lionized
US
hymned
put up
blest
blessed
idolized
US
caroled
US
resounded
carolled
UK
idolised
UK
lionised
UK
revered
worshipped
UK
worshiped
US
venerated
reverenced
apotheosized
enhanced
promoted
elevated
augmented
raised
increased
canonized
US
enshrined
deified
lifted
canonised
UK
set on pedestal
hoist
glamorized
US
immortalized
US
romanticized
US
idealized
US
added dignity to
glamourized
lifted up
adorned
glamoured up
welcomed
adored
added distinction to
heroized
hero-worshipped
esteemed
immortalised
UK
glamorised
UK
sounded the praises of
hiked
romanticised
UK
idealised
UK
added lustre to
rhapsodized about
rhapsodized over
erected
sublimed
upreared
intensified
flattered
haloed
transfigured
looked up to
held in awe
bigged something up
held in high regard
held in high esteem
waxed lyrical
setted on a pedestal
advanced
upgraded
preferred
furthered
enskyed
enthroned
enskied
sublimated
improved
appointed
hoisted
improved the status of
moved up the ladder
stepped up
kicked upstairs
raised high
improved the position of
moved up
sungen
sung
sang
sang paeans to
sung paeans to
gave a higher rank
given advancement to
given promotion
given a higher rank
gave advancement
given advancement
gave promotion
gave advancement to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to advise as the best course or choice
recommended
suggested
endorsed
advocated
proposed
offered
advanced
commended
nominated
posed
proffered
propositioned
tabled
plugged
prescribed
tipped
touted
extolled
favored
US
favoured
UK
mentioned
praised
presented
pushed
submitted
exalted
seconded
put forward
vouched for
approved of
bigged up
big upped
offered a suggestion
put up
spoke highly of
spoken highly of
thought highly of
fronted for
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