authority
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authority |
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Admirable Crichton, acme, adept, administration, adviser, affidavit, aficionado, agency, agentship, amateur, amperage,
announcer, annunciator, appurtenance, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, armipotence, artisan, artist, artiste, ascendancy, assignment, attache, attestation, authoritativeness, authorities, authority,
authorization, be-all and end-all, beef, bill of health, birthright, black power, blue ribbon, bon vivant, brevet, brute force, buff, care, certificate,
certificate of proficiency, certification, championship, channel, charge, charisma, charm, claim,
claws, clearance, clout, clutches, cogence, cogency, cognoscente, collector, command, commission, commissioning, commitment, communicant, communicator,
compulsion, conduct, conjugal right,
connaisseur, connoisseur, consequence, consignment, consultant, control, cordon bleu, countenance, crack shot, craftsman, credential, credit, critic,
cure, dead shot, delegated authority,
delegation, demand, deposition, deputation, devolution, devolvement, dilettante, dint, diploma, diplomat, diplomatist, direction, directorship, disposition,
divine right, doctor, dominance, domination, dominion, drive, droit, due,
duress, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, elder, elder statesman, embassy, eminence, empery, empire, empowerment, enabling, enchantment, energy, enfranchisement, enlightener, entitlement, entrusting,
entrustment, epicure, epicurean,
errand, establishment, esteem, evidence, example, executorship, exemplar, exequatur, experienced hand, experimental scientist, expert, expert
consultant, expert witness, factorship, faculty,
fan, favor, fiat, first place, first prize, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, freak, full blast, full force, full power, good feeling, good judge, gossipmonger, gourmand, gourmet, governance, government, graduate, grapevine, great soul, greatness, grip, guidance, guru, hand, handling, hands, handy man, headship, hegemony, height, highest, hold, husbandry, ideal,
illuminate, imperium, importance,
inalienable right, incidental power, influence, influentiality, influentialness, informant, information center, information medium, informer, insinuation, intellect, intellectual, interest, interviewee, iron hand, journeyman, judge, jurisdiction, justness, kingship, lead, leadership, leading, legation, leverage, license, lieutenancy, lordship, lover of
wisdom, magisterialness, magnetism, mahatma, main force, main strength, man of intellect,
man of science, man of wisdom, mana, management, managery, managing, mandarin, mandate, manipulation, marksman, master, mastermind, mastership, mastery, maven, maximum, mentor, might, might and main,
mightiness, mission, model,
moment, monitor, most, mouthpiece, moxie, muscle power, navicert, ne plus ultra, new high, newsmonger, no slouch, notarized statement, note, notifier, nut, office, officialdom, officials, oracle, ordering, palms, paramountcy, past master, pattern, personality, persuasion, philosopher, pilotage, pizzazz, plenipotentiary power, police, politician, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power of attorney, power pack, power structure,
power struggle, power to act, powerfulness, powers that be, practical scientist, precedence, predominance, preponderance, prepotency, prerogative, prescription, presidency, press, pressure, prestige, presumptive right, pretense, pretension, primacy, priority, pro, procuration, productiveness, productivity, professional, professor, proficient, prominence, proper claim, property right, proxy, public relations officer, publisher, puissance, pull, punch, pundit, purchase, purview, push, rabbi, radio, raj, rank, ratification, record, refined palate, regency, regentship, regnancy, regulation, reign, reporter, repute, responsibility, right, rishi, rule, running, sage,
sanction, sapient, savant, say-so, say, scholar, scientist, seer, seniority, shark, sharp, sheepskin, sinew, solidity,
soundness, source, sovereignty, specialist, spokesman, standard, starets, statesman, stature, steam, steerage, steering, strength, strings, strong arm, suasion, substantiality, subtle influence, suggestion, superiority, superpower, supremacy, sway, sworn statement, talons, task, technical adviser, technical expert, technician, technologist, television, teller, testamur, testimonial, testimony, the conn, the helm, the wheel, thinker, ticket, tipster, title, top spot, tout, trust, trusteeship, upper hand, validity, vehemence, vested interest, vested right,
vicarious authority, vigor, vim,
virility, virtue, virtuoso, virulence, visa, vise, vitality, voucher, warrant, warranty, wattage,
weight, weightiness, whip hand,
wise man, wise old man, witness,
wizard, word, zenith
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wield authority |
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administer, administrate, be master,
captain, carry authority, chair,
command, control, crack the whip,
direct, discipline, dominate, govern, have clout, have power,
have the power, have the right, have the say, head, lead, manage, officer, possess authority, preside over, regulate, rule, stand over, supervise
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Main entries similar to: authority
absolutism, acme, adept, administration, adviser, affidavit, aficionado, agency, amateur, announcer, appurtenance, arbiter, artisan, artist, ascendancy, assignment, attache, attestation, auspices, authority, authorization, balance, beef, bill of health, birthright,
black power, blue ribbon, bon vivant, brevet, brute force, buff, care, carte
blanche, certificate, certification, chair, championship, channel,
charge, charisma, charm, charter, claim, claws, clearance, clout, clutches, cogency, cognoscente, collector, command, commitment, communicant, competence, compulsion, conduct, connoisseur, consequence, consignment, consultant, control, cordon bleu, countenance, crack shot, craftsman, credential, credible, credit, critic, crown, cure,
dab, dead shot, delegation, demand, deposition, deputation, determinant, dilettante, dint, diploma, diplomat, directorship, disposition, divine right, doctor, dominance, domination, dominion, doyen, drive, droit, due, duress,
effect, effectiveness, elder, elder statesman, embassy, eminence, empire, enchantment, energy, enlightener, epicure, epicurean, errand, esteem, expert, faculty, fan, favor,
fiat, first place, first prize, flower power, force, force majeure, freak, freedom, full blast, gourmet, government, graduate, grapevine, greatness, grip, guidance, guru, hand,
handling, hands, handy man, height, highest, hold, husbandry, importance, influence, informant, informer, insinuation, intellect, intellectual, interest, iron hand, journeyman, judge, jurisdiction, kingship, lead, leadership, leading, legation, legitimacy, leverage, licence, license, lock, lordship, magnetism, mahatma, mana, management, mandarin, mandate, manipulation, marksman, master, mastermind, mastership, mastery, maven, maximum, mentor, might, might and main, mission, moment, monitor, most, mouthpiece, moxie, natural right, ne plus ultra,
newsmonger, nobility, notarized statement, note, nut, office, oracle, ordering, palm, paramountcy, pass, past master, permit, personality, persuasion, philosopher, pilotage, pizzazz, politician, potency, potentiality, power, power of attorney, power structure, precedence,
predominance, preponderance, prepotency, prerogative, prescription,
presidency, press, pressure, prestige, pretense, pretension, primacy, priority, privilege, pro, productiveness, productivity, professional, proficient, prominence, protocol, proxy, publisher, pull, punch, pundit, purchase, purview,
push, rabbi, radio, rank, ratification, record, regency, regulation, reign, reporter, reputation, repute, responsibility, right, rule, running, sage, sanction, sapient, savant, say, say-so, scholar,
seer, seniority, shark, sharp, sheepskin, significance, sinew, solidity, soundness, source, sovereignty, specialist, spokesman, starets, statesman, stature, steam, steering, strength, string, strong arm, substantiality, suggestion, superiority, superpower, supremacy, sway, sworn statement, talons, task, technician, television, teller, testimonial, thinker, ticket, tipster, title,
tout, trust, trusteeship, upper, upper hand, validity, vehemence, vested interest, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virtuoso, virulence, visa, vitality, voucher, warrant, warranty, wattage, weight, whip hand, witness, wizard, zenith
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