Authority Synonyms

1. power

• Ascendancy
• Charge
• Clout
• Command
• Control
• Dominance
• Domination
• Dominion
• Grip
• Hold
• Influence
• Jurisdiction
• Leverage
• Mastery
• Muscle
• Power
• Pull
• Rule
• Sovereignty
• Supremacy
• Sway
• Teeth
• The upper hand
• Drag

2. authorization

• Authorization
• Carte blanche
• Licence
• Mandate
• Power
• Prerogative
• Right
• Droit

3. authorization

• Acquiescence
• Agreement
• Approbation
• Approval
• Assent
• Authorization
• Clearance
• Consent
• Dispensation
• Endorsement
• Imprimatur
• Leave
• Licence
• Permission
• Sanction
• Say-so
• Seal of approval
• The OK
• The go-ahead
• The green light
• The thumbs up
• Permit

4. officials

• Officialdom
• Officials
• The (men in) suits
• The administration
• The bureaucracy
• The establishment
• The government
• The people in charge
• The police
• The powers that be
• The system
• Big Brother

5. influence

• Acceptance
• Clout
• Command
• Confidence
• Control
• Credibility
• Eminence
• Esteem
• Faith
• Gravitas
• Image
• Influence
• Integrity
• Kudos
• Leverage
• Plausibility
• Position
• Power
• Prestige
• Pull
• Rank
• Reputation
• Standing
• Station
• Stature
• Status
• Superiority
• Supremacy
• Sway
• Trust
• Weight
• Drag

6. expert

• Ace
• Adept
• Aficionado
• Bible
• Boffin
• Buff
• Citation
• Connoisseur
• Crackerjack
• Dab hand
• Doyen
• Excerpt
• Expert
• Guru
• Maestro
• Master
• Maven
• One of the cognoscenti
• Oracle
• Past master
• Piece of documentation
• Pro
• Professional
• Pundit
• Quotation
• Quote
• Reference
• Sage
• Scholar
• Source
• Specialist
• Walking encyclopedia
• Whizz
• Wizard
• Passage