authoritative
official
best
better
set
dictated
determined
important
ordained
self-ordained
authorised
authorized
powerish
control
authoritywise
ancestral
on high
formal
authorizer
leaderlike
authoriser
authority figure
dominance
in the name of
authoritativeness
law
rise
jurisprudence
constitutive
mastery
says who
coercion
before
on one's watch
distinguished
force
name
power
potent
seat
satellite
standard
lordful
centralised
strong
up to
centralized
pope
ipse dixit
royal
edictal
intra vires
overparent
prepollent
appeal to authority
fontal
assumption
dobber
king of the castle
running
submitter
source
according to
author
generator
from on high
laying claim
hierarchism
praedial
who's to say?
foundable
arisal
by virtue of
seignioralty
insubordinate
de facto
annuler
regalian
resistant
resistive
royalty
behalf
bureaucratic
ayatollah
idiographic
well-settled
wheelhouse
autocratic
collegial
helm
high muckamuck
imposing
supremal
magisterial
grand
verbal
authoritative
official
set
dictated
determined
important
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self-ordained
authorised
authorized
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ancestral
formal
leaderlike
constitutive
distinguished
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satellite
standard
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strong
centralized
royal
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intra vires
prepollent
fontal
praedial
foundable
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de facto
regalian
resistant
resistive
bureaucratic
idiographic
well-settled
autocratic
collegial
imposing
supremal
magisterial
grand
verbal
best
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on one's watch
control
authorizer
authoriser
authority figure
dominance
authoritativeness
law
rise
jurisprudence
mastery
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force
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pope
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adj
- Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
- Discharging an office or function.
- Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
- True, real, beyond doubt.
- Approved by authority; authorized.
- Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
- Dubious but recognized by authorities as truth and/or canon.
- Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
- Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
- Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
noun
adv
- from a position of superiority or authority
- comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
adj
- (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
- more than half
adj
- (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
noun
- something superior in quality or condition or effect
- someone who bets
- a superior person having claim to precedence
- the superior one of two alternatives
verb
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed
- fixed and unmoving
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- being below the horizon
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
verb
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix in a border
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- locate
- disappear beyond the horizon
- adapt for performance in a different way
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- apply or start
- become gelatinous
- set in type
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- urge to attack someone
- estimate
- equip with sails or masts
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- produce fruit
- arrange attractively
noun
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the act of putting something in position
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
noun
- Influence or authority over something.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl).
- A control group or control experiment.
- A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
verb
adj
- characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- logically deductive
- refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
adj
- being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
- (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
noun
noun
- Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
- The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
- The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
- The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.
noun
- the collection of rules imposed by authority
- legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
- a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
- the force of policemen and officers
noun
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
- An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The height of an arch or a step.
verb
- To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- To attain a higher status.
- To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- To have its source (in a particular place).
- Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
- To develop.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
- To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- To be resurrected.
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- To slope upward.
- To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- To come; to offer itself.
- To move upwards.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- To cause to go up or ascend.
noun
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- a powerful effect or influence
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- a unit that is part of some military service
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
verb
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- move with force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- do forcibly; exert force
- take by force
noun
- Authority.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- A person (or legal person).
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
- Reputation.
verb
noun
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- possession of controlling influence
- (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- physical strength
- a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
- energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
verb
noun
- a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- furniture that is designed for sitting on
- any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
- the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
- the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
- a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
- the cloth covering for the buttocks
verb
adj
- established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence
- conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
- conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
noun
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
- a board measure = 1980 board feet
- the value behind the money in a monetary system
- an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)
- any distinctive flag
adj
adj
- having or wielding force or authority
- not faint or feeble
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- freshly made or left
- strong and sure
adj
prep
- Within the authority or jurisdiction of.
- Until.
- Incumbent upon; the obligation of; the duty of.
- Considering all members of an equivalence class the same.
- Doing; involved in.
- For the option or decision of.
- As much as; no more than.
- Next to; near; towards; as far as.
- Ready for.
- Capable of.
- Willing to participate in.
adj
noun
- Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
- nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
- An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
- An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
- The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
- A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
- An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.
- The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
- Any similar head of a religion.
- The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
- An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
- Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
verb
noun
- One who dobs (informs against or implicates to authority).
- A large marble.
- A dabchick.
- A member of the working class in Scotland or Ireland who is seen as undereducated, with poor taste, especially in clothes, and poor social skills; closely connected to chav.
- Any small electronic device that plugs directly into a larger one, such as a wireless scoring system in fencing or a USB mass storage device.
- A float (as used by an angler).
noun
- the act of administering or being in charge of something
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- the state of being in operation
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
adj
- continually repeated over a period of time
- measured lengthwise
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
adj
noun
- someone who originates or causes or initiates something
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- a facility where something is available
- a person who supplies information
- (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
- anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
- a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
verb
noun
- The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
- Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
- The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.
- Someone in a privileged position.
- A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- The bounds of a royal burgh.
- A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.
- People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
noun
- A person's area of authority or expertise.
- The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
- A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
- The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
adj
- used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
- of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
- of or befitting a lord
- ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
- large and impressive in physical size or extent
- the most important and magnificent in adornment
noun
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