Synonyms for empower
ɛmˈpaʊ ərem·pow·er

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1. empowerverb

   Synonyms:
   let, inspire, permit, allow

   Antonyms:
   ban, prohibit, dishearten, disempower, disspirit, forbid, bar

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1. empower

   Synonyms:
   allow, authorize, command, consent to, direct, enjoin, give consent, give leave, give permission, let, license, order, permit, put up with, require, sanction, suffer, tolerate, warrant

   Antonyms:
   debar, disallow, forbid, hinder, inhibit, interdict, preclude, prevent, prohibit

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1. empower

   Synonyms:
   enable, commission, encourage, qualify, delegate, warrant, sanction, direct, authorize

   Antonyms:
   hinder, prevent, discourage, disable, disqualify

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1. empower, authorise, authorizeverb

   give or delegate power or authority to

   "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

   Synonyms:
   invest, authorise, endue, authorize, endow, pass, indue, clear, gift

2. endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endueverb

   give qualities or abilities to

   Synonyms:
   vest, put, endue, induct, adorn, authorize, place, clothe, enthrone, dower, endow, invest, present, gift, give, indue, commit, authorise, seat

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1. empowerverb

   Synonyms:
   authorize, commission, warrant, qualify, give authority to

2. empowerverb

   Synonyms:
   enable, make able

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1. List of paraphrases for "empower":

   empowering, empowerment, enable, authorize, authorized

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1. Lisa Chaffee:

   We are fighting tirelessly to get this toxic material out of our children’s classrooms, but the teachers’ unions we’re up against have been unrelenting in their efforts to indoctrinate our kids, at the end of the day, it’s the Democrat politicians like Tim Ryan who empower these teachers’ unions.

2. Associated Press:

   For the betterment ofPakistan, it is necessary to educate girls and empower women.

3. Ted Cruz:

   The answer is not to muzzle citizens. It is to empower citizens.

4. Interior Minister Angelino Alfano:

   I have informed the cabinet that I intend to empower the prefect of Rome so that he can oversee projects and planning with the mayor in eight especially delicate areas.

5. Republican Commissioner Michael Piwowar:

   Today’s rulemaking would empower market participants to make more informed choices about where to direct their orders, this should, in turn, promote competition for better execution quality.