empower

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of EMPOWER

to give official or legal power to <the federal agency empowered to collect taxes>

Synonyms accredit, certify, charter [British], commission, empower, enable, invest, license (also licence), qualify, vest, warrant

Related Words approve, clear, credential, endorse (also indorse), OK (or okay), sanction; affirm, confirm, validate; inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, swear in; allow, let, permit; enfranchise, entitle, privilege

Near Antonyms ban, bar, block, constrain, deny, disallow, disbar, discourage, disenfranchise, disfranchise, exclude, hinder, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, shut out, stop; enjoin, forbid, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, veto

Antonyms disqualify

to make able or possible <workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement>

Synonyms allow, empower, let, permit

Related Words fit, habilitate, prepare, qualify, ready; approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction; condition, equip

Near Antonyms inhibit, preclude; disallow, enjoin, forbid, prohibit

Antonyms prevent

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