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authority
Overview of noun authority
The noun authority has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (18) authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so -- (the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state")
2. (6) authority -- ((usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew")
3. (3) authority -- (an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law")
4. (2) assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness -- (freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority")
5. (1) agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority -- (an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority")
6. (1) authority, authorization, authorisation, sanction -- (official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times")
7. authority -- (an authoritative written work; "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun authority
7 senses of authority
Sense 1
authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
=> control
=> power, powerfulness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
authority
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
authority
=> expert
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
=> certainty
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
=> administrative unit, administrative body
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
authority, authorization, authorisation, sanction
=> permission
=> approval, commendation
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
authority
=> book
=> publication
=> work, piece of work
=> product, production
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun authority
5 of 7 senses of authority
Sense 1
authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
=> power of appointment
=> carte blanche
=> command
=> imperium
=> lordship
=> muscle
=> sovereignty
Sense 2
authority
=> abrogator
=> allocator, distributor
=> approver
=> authority figure
=> authorizer, authoriser
=> mandator
=> pasha, pacha
=> civil authority
=> upbraider, reprover, reproacher, rebuker
=> withdrawer
Sense 3
authority
=> adviser, advisor, consultant
=> connoisseur, cognoscenti
=> evaluator, judge
=> high priest
=> liturgist
=> master, professional
Sense 5
agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
HAS INSTANCE=> Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL
HAS INSTANCE=> Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC
HAS INSTANCE=> Naval Research Laboratory, NRL
HAS INSTANCE=> United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, USACIL
=> executive agency
=> Food and Drug Administration, FDA
=> Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
=> Counterterrorist Center, CTC
=> Nonproliferation Center, NPC
=> Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau
=> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA
=> National Climatic Data Center, NCDC
=> National Weather Service
=> Technology Administration
=> National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST
=> National Technical Information Service, NTIS
=> Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA
=> Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK
=> Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI
=> United States Public Health Service, PHS
=> National Institutes of Health, NIH
=> Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA
=> Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS
=> Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS
=> United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol
=> Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS
=> Foreign Service
=> Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR
=> United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS
=> National Park Service
=> Financial Management Service
=> Office of Intelligence Support, OIS
=> Comptroller of the Currency
=> Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB
=> Bureau of Engraving and Printing
=> Internal Revenue Service, IRS
=> Federal Aviation Agency, FAA
=> Transportation Security Administration, TSA
=> Government Accounting Office, GAO, United States Government Accounting Office
=> United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy
=> United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard
=> Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, NAWCWPNS
=> Naval Special Warfare, NSW
=> Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC
=> Naval Underwater Warfare Center, NUWC
=> Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI
=> Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA
=> United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAF
=> Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Air Force ISR, AFISR
=> independent agency
=> Advanced Research and Development Activity, ARDA
=> Defense Logistics Agency
=> Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, DRMS
=> Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC
=> law enforcement agency
=> Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA
=> organ
=> Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office
=> United States Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, GPO
=> National Guard Bureau, NGB
=> United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USA
=> Army Intelligence, AI
=> Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO
=> Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA
=> National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA
=> Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC
=> Federal Housing Administration, FHA
=> local authority
Sense 7
authority
=> last word
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun authority
7 senses of authority
Sense 1
authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
=> control
Sense 2
authority
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Sense 3
authority
=> expert
Sense 4
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
=> certainty
Sense 5
agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
=> administrative unit, administrative body
Sense 6
authority, authorization, authorisation, sanction
=> permission
Sense 7
authority
=> book
Antonyms of noun authority
Member Holonyms of noun authority
Substance Holonyms of noun authority
Part Holonyms of noun authority
Member Meronyms of noun authority
Substance Meronyms of noun authority
Part Meronyms of noun authority
Meronyms of noun authority
Holonyms of noun authority
Attributes of noun authority
1 of 7 senses of authority
Sense 4
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
=> certain(predicate)(vs. uncertain), sure (vs. unsure)
=> uncertain (vs. certain), unsure (vs. sure), incertain
Derived Forms of noun authority
1 of 7 senses of authority
Sense 1
authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
RELATED TO>(adj) authoritarian#2
=> authoritarian, dictatorial
Domain of noun authority
1 of 7 senses of authority
Sense 2
authority
USAGE>(noun) plural#1, plural form#1
Domain Terms of noun authority
Familiarity of noun authority
authority used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun authority
7 senses of authority
Sense 1
authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
> control
=> authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
=> hold
=> iron fist
=> rein
Sense 2
authority
> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> self
=> adult, grownup
=> adventurer, venturer
=> anomaly, unusual person
=> applicant, applier
=> appointee, appointment
=> capitalist
=> captor, capturer
=> changer, modifier
=> color-blind person
=> commoner, common man, common person
=> communicator
=> contestant
=> coward
=> creator
=> disputant, controversialist, eristic
=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist
=> entertainer
=> experimenter
=> expert
=> face
=> female, female person
=> individualist
=> inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
=> native, indigen, indigene
=> innocent, inexperienced person
=> intellectual, intellect
=> juvenile, juvenile person
=> lover
=> leader
=> male, male person
=> money handler, money dealer
=> national, subject
=> nonreligious person
=> nonworker
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
=> percher
=> precursor, forerunner
=> primitive, primitive person
=> religious person
=> sensualist
=> traveler, traveller
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata
=> unskilled person
=> worker
=> African
=> person of color, person of colour
=> Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
=> White, white person, Caucasian
=> Amerindian, Native American
=> Slav
=> gentile
=> Jew, Hebrew, Israelite
=> Aries, Ram
=> Taurus, Bull
=> Gemini, Twin
=> Cancer, Crab
=> Leo, Lion
=> Virgo, Virgin
=> Libra, Balance
=> Scorpio, Scorpion
=> Sagittarius, Archer
=> Capricorn, Goat
=> Aquarius, Water Bearer
=> Pisces, Fish
=> abator
=> abjurer
=> abomination
=> abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker
=> achiever, winner, success, succeeder
=> acquaintance, friend
=> acquirer
=> active
=> actor, doer, worker
=> adjudicator
=> admirer
=> adoptee
=> adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
=> advisee
=> advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
=> affiant
=> agnostic, doubter
=> amateur
=> ancient
=> anti
=> anti-American
=> apprehender
=> appreciator
=> archaist
=> arrogator
=> assessee
=> asthmatic
=> authority
=> autodidact
=> baby boomer, boomer
=> baby buster, buster
=> bad guy
=> bad person
=> baldhead, baldpate, baldy
=> balker, baulker, noncompliant
=> bullfighter, toreador
=> bather
=> beard
=> bedfellow
=> bereaved, bereaved person
=> best, topper
=> biter
=> blogger
=> blond, blonde
=> bluecoat
=> bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman
=> bomber
=> brunet, brunette
=> buster
=> candidate, prospect
=> cardholder
=> case
=> cashier
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
=> censor
=> chameleon
=> charmer, beguiler
=> child, baby
=> chutzpanik
=> closer
=> clumsy person
=> collector, aggregator
=> combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
=> complexifier
=> compulsive
=> computer user
=> contemplative
=> convert
=> copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
=> counter
=> counterterrorist
=> crawler, creeper
=> creature, wight
=> creditor
=> cripple
=> dancer, social dancer
=> dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
=> deaf person
=> debaser, degrader
=> debtor, debitor
=> defecator, voider, shitter
=> delayer
=> deliverer
=> demander
=> dieter
=> differentiator, discriminator
=> disentangler, unraveler, unraveller
=> dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
=> divider
=> domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
=> double, image, look-alike
=> dresser
=> dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler
=> drug user, substance abuser, user
=> dyslectic
=> ectomorph
=> effecter, effector
=> Elizabethan
=> emotional person
=> endomorph
=> enjoyer
=> enrollee
=> ethnic
=> explorer, adventurer
=> extrovert, extravert
=> faddist
=> faller
=> fastener
=> fiduciary
=> first-rater
=> follower
=> free agent, free spirit, freewheeler
=> friend
=> fugitive, runaway, fleer
=> gainer
=> gainer, weight gainer
=> gambler
=> gatekeeper
=> gatherer
=> good guy
=> good person
=> granter
=> greeter, saluter, welcomer
=> grinner
=> groaner
=> grunter
=> guesser
=> handicapped person
=> hater
=> heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight
=> homosexual, homophile, homo, gay
=> homunculus
=> hope
=> hoper
=> huddler
=> hugger
=> immune
=> insured, insured person
=> interpreter
=> introvert
=> Jat
=> jewel, gem
=> jumper
=> killer, slayer
=> relative, relation
=> kink
=> kneeler
=> knocker
=> knower, apprehender
=> large person
=> Latin
=> laugher
=> learner, scholar, assimilator
=> left-hander, lefty, southpaw
=> life
=> lightning rod
=> linguist, polyglot
=> literate, literate person
=> liver
=> longer, thirster, yearner
=> loose cannon
=> machine
=> mailer
=> malcontent
=> man
=> manipulator
=> man jack
=> married
=> masturbator, onanist
=> measurer
=> nonmember
=> mesomorph
=> mestizo, ladino
=> middlebrow
=> miracle man, miracle worker
=> misogamist
=> mixed-blood
=> modern
=> monolingual
=> mother hen
=> mouse
=> mutilator, maimer, mangler
=> namer
=> namesake
=> neglecter
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> neutral
=> nondescript
=> nonparticipant
=> nonpartisan, nonpartizan
=> nonperson, unperson
=> nonresident
=> nonsmoker
=> nude, nude person
=> nurser
=> occultist
=> optimist
=> orphan
=> ostrich
=> ouster, ejector
=> outcaste
=> outdoorsman
=> owner, possessor
=> pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler
=> pansexual
=> pardoner, forgiver, excuser
=> partner
=> party
=> passer
=> personage
=> personification
=> perspirer, sweater
=> philosopher
=> picker, chooser, selector
=> pisser, urinator
=> planner, contriver, deviser
=> posturer
=> powderer
=> preserver
=> propositus
=> public relations person
=> pursuer
=> pussycat
=> quarter
=> quitter
=> radical
=> realist
=> rectifier
=> redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop
=> registrant
=> reliever, allayer, comforter
=> repeater
=> rescuer, recoverer, saver
=> rester
=> restrainer, controller
=> revenant
=> rich person, wealthy person, have
=> right-hander, right hander, righthander
=> riser
=> romper
=> roundhead
=> ruler, swayer
=> rusher
=> scientist, man of science
=> scratcher
=> second-rater, mediocrity
=> seeder, cloud seeder
=> seeker, searcher, quester
=> segregate
=> sentimentalist, romanticist
=> sex object
=> shaker, mover and shaker
=> showman
=> signer, signatory
=> simpleton, simple
=> six-footer
=> skidder, slider, slipper
=> slave
=> slave
=> sleepyhead
=> sloucher
=> small person
=> smasher
=> smiler
=> sneezer
=> sniffer
=> sniffler, sniveler
=> snuffer
=> snuffler
=> socializer, socialiser
=> sort
=> sounding board
=> sphinx
=> spitter, expectorator
=> sport
=> sprawler
=> spurner
=> squinter, squint-eye
=> stifler, smotherer
=> stigmatic, stigmatist
=> stooper
=> struggler
=> subject, case, guinea pig
=> supernumerary
=> surrenderer, yielder
=> survivalist
=> survivor
=> suspect
=> tagger
=> tagger
=> tapper
=> tempter
=> termer
=> terror, scourge, threat
=> testator, testate
=> thin person, skin and bones, scrag
=> third-rater
=> thrower
=> tiger
=> totemist
=> toucher
=> transfer, transferee
=> transsexual, transexual
=> transvestite, cross-dresser
=> trier, attempter, essayer
=> turner
=> tyrant
=> undoer, opener, unfastener, untier
=> user
=> vanisher
=> victim, dupe
=> Victorian
=> visionary
=> visually impaired person
=> waiter
=> waker
=> walk-in
=> wanter, needer
=> ward
=> warrior
=> watcher
=> weakling, doormat, wuss
=> wiggler, wriggler, squirmer
=> winker
=> withholder
=> witness
=> worldling
=> yawner
Sense 3
authority
> expert
=> ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz
=> agronomist
=> all-rounder, all arounder
=> analyst
=> analyst
=> anatomist
=> antiquary, antiquarian, archaist
=> arbiter, supreme authority
=> archer, bowman
=> authority
=> black belt
=> cabalist, kabbalist
=> calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer
=> climatologist
=> computer expert, computer guru
=> cosmetologist
=> efficiency expert, efficiency engineer
=> exegete
=> genealogist
=> geographer
=> horticulturist, plantsman
=> investigator
=> jurist, legal expert
=> lapidary, lapidarist
=> logician, logistician
=> mnemonist
=> mythologist
=> observer, commentator
=> out-and-outer
=> parliamentarian
=> past master
=> prosthetist
=> pteridologist
=> scout, pathfinder, guide
=> shark
=> shot, shooter
=> specialist, specializer, specialiser
=> talent
=> technician
=> technocrat
=> therapist, healer
=> veteran, old-timer, oldtimer, old hand, warhorse, old stager, stager
Sense 4
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
> certainty
=> assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
=> certitude, cocksureness, overconfidence
=> reliance, trust
Sense 5
agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
> administrative unit, administrative body
=> Inland Revenue, IR
=> Ordnance Survey
=> division
=> United Nations agency, UN agency
=> council
=> secretariat, secretariate
=> committee, commission
=> agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
=> intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence agency
=> international law enforcement agency
=> redevelopment authority
=> regulatory agency, regulatory authority
=> weather bureau
=> placement office, placement center
=> child welfare agency, child welfare service
=> Russian agency
Sense 6
authority, authorization, authorisation, sanction
> permission
=> authority, authorization, authorisation, sanction
=> all clear
=> consent
=> dismissal
=> green light
=> leave
=> pass, laissez passer
=> pass, passport
Sense 7
authority
> book
=> authority
=> curiosa
=> formulary, pharmacopeia
=> trade book, trade edition
=> bestiary
=> catechism
=> pop-up book, pop-up
=> storybook
=> tome
=> booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet
=> textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text
=> workbook
=> copybook
=> appointment book, appointment calendar
=> catalog, catalogue
=> phrase book
=> playbook
=> prayer book, prayerbook
=> reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts
=> review copy
=> songbook
=> yearbook
HAS INSTANCE=> Das Kapital, Capital
HAS INSTANCE=> Erewhon
HAS INSTANCE=> Utopia
Meronyms of noun authority
7 senses of authority
Sense 2
authority
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 3
authority
=> expert
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 5
agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
=> administrative unit, administrative body
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 7
authority
=> book
HAS PART: signature
HAS PART: running head, running headline
=> publication
HAS PART: format
HAS PART: spread, spread head, spreadhead, facing pages
HAS PART: text, textual matter
HAS PART: word order
HAS PART: book
HAS PART: chapter
HAS PART: foreword, preface, prolusion
HAS PART: paragraph
HAS PART: passage
HAS PART: contents, table of contents
HAS PART: cartoon, sketch
HAS PART: artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter
=> work, piece of work
=> product, production
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun authority
Grep of noun authority
authority
authority figure
civil authority
good authority
local authority
palestine authority
palestine national authority
palestinian national authority
redevelopment authority
regulatory authority
supreme authority
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