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Definition: Authoritative |
AuthoritativeAdjective1. Having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner". 2. Of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation". 3. Sanctioned by established authority; "an authoritative communique"; "the authorized biography". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "authoritative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: AuthoritativeSynonyms: authorised (adj), authorized (adj), classical (adj), definitive (adj), important (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Certainty | Authoritative, authentic, official. |
Command | Adjective: commanding; Verb: authoritative; decretory, decretive, decretal; callable, jussive. |
Government | Ruling; Verb: regnant, gubernatorial; imperious; authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute; hegemonic, hegemonical; authorized; (due). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Authoritative |
| English words defined with "authoritative": allocution, approved, arbitrament, arbitration, arbitrement, authorised, authoritatively, authority, authorized ♦ behest, Bible, bid, bidding, book of facts ♦ canonised, canonized, command, control ♦ Decretal, Decretorial, dictate, dictation, dictum, Directorial, doctrine, dogma ♦ glorified ♦ Imperatorial, important, Inauthoritative, interdiction, ism ♦ last word, licenser, locus classicus ♦ magisterially, Magistral ♦ nihil obstat ♦ oracle, ordinance ♦ Peremptory plea, philosophy, Potestative, Precent, prescription, pronouncement, prophet ♦ reference, reference book, reference work, regulation, requisition, rubric ♦ sanctioned, say-so, school of thought, seer, Shastra ♦ Textuary ♦ vaticinator ♦ with authority. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "authoritative": democratic leadership ♦ guideline value ♦ Marine Insurance Act, 1906. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "authoritative": Enjoinment. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Very authoritative you know, like the Pope or the computer in 2001 (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman. Starring Woody Allen as Isaac Davis and Diane Keaton as Mary Wilke.) Very authoritative, y'know (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman) | |
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Business | The media will expect a formal presentation and must always be provided with pertinent and professionally produced information “press pack.” Opportunity for questions to an authoritative spokesperson must be provided and a U.K. contact made available for follow-up inquiries. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | China | The Communist Party reportedly has issued circulars ordering Party members not to adhere to religious beliefs, and to remind Party cadres that religion was incompatible with Party membership, a theme reflected in authoritative media. (references) |
Russia | The Procurator General was criticized by human rights activists and religious minority denominations for encouraging legal action against some minority religions and recommending as authoritative references materials that are biased against Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, and others. (references) | |
Economic History | El Salvador | Although there are no authoritative statistics, 29.2% is a figure often quoted. (references) |
Human Rights | Tunisia | Due to such restrictions, the CNLT's 1999 report on prisons remains the authoritative first-hand account of prison conditions in the country. (references) |
Women | Lebanon | There are no authoritative statistics on the extent of spousal abuse. (references) |
Worker Rights | Russia | Approximately 54 percent of the work force is unionized (of an estimated 71 million workers), and approximately 4 percent of union members belong to independent free trade unions; however, there is no authoritative data on union membership, because there was no mandatory reregistration of union members following the Soviet era, during which time all workers were registered as trade union members. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part, and I shall perform it so far as practicable unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite means or in some authoritative manner direct the contrary. |
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| "Authoritative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.52% of the time. "Authoritative" is used about 624 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.52% | 621 | 10,417 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.48% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 624 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "authoritative": authoritative opinion. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "authoritative": authoritative-looking. | |
Ending with "authoritative": elderly-authoritative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
authoritative | 19 |
authoritative parenting | 11 |
authoritative parenting style | 5 |
answer authoritative non | 3 |
authoritative parent | 3 |
the authoritative calvin hobbes | 2 |
authoritative home home in list nursing nursing osha regulation safety safety site standard | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "authoritative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | autoritar (authoritarian, commanding, domineering, high handed, imperious, magisterial, masterful, overbearing, peremptory), me autoritet, i mirinformuar (hep, knowing, knowledgeable, well informed), i besueshëm (believable, certain, conceivable, credible, dependable, plausible, probable, pukka, reliable). (various references) | |
Arabic | موثوق (credible, dependable, reliable, safe, sound, steady, straight, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty), متسلط (bossy, commanding, dominating, masterful), آمر جازم, رسمي (ceremonial, ceremonious, cocktail dress, dressed, formal, official, picturesque, solemn, starchy, state, stiff). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | властен (dictatorial, domineering, high handed, imperious, masterful, overmastering, peremptory, possessive, self-assertive), авторитетен (magisterial, magistral, potent, weighty), достоверен (accredited, authentic, original, straight). (various references) | |
Chinese | 有權威 , 权威 (Commandingly, insignia, Magistral), 權威性 (authority), 權威 (authority). (various references) | |
Czech | autoritativní (definitive, imperative, imperious, magisterial), spolehlivý (dependable, dutiful, foolproof, good, reliable, reputable, safe, solid, sound, staunch, steady, sure, trustworthy, unfailing), rozkazovaèný (domineering). (various references) | |
Danish | autoritær. (various references) | |
Dutch | autoritair (authorative), gezaghebbend (authorative). (various references) | |
Esperanto | instanco (authoritative source, court). (various references) | |
Farsi | مقتدر (Dominant, Mighty), معتبر (Authentic, Credible, Creditable, Good, Reliable, Responsible, Trusty, Valid), توانا (Able, Capable, Mighty), امر (Affair, Circumstance, Imperious, Job, Order, Ordinance, Ploy, Precept). (various references) | |
Finnish | arvovaltainen, käskevä (commanding, imperious). (various references) | |
French | autoritaire (authoritarian), autorisé (authorized), brève. (various references) | |
Frisian | autoritêr, bazich (arrogant, haughty). (various references) | |
German | gebieterisch (domineering, imperative, imperious, imperiously, lordly, magisterial, magisterially, masterful, peremptorily, peremptory), herrisch (bossy, bullying, despotic, domineering, imperative, imperious, lordly, masterful, overbearing, overbearingly, peremptorily, peremptory). (various references) | |
Greek | έγκυρος (recognisable, valid, valid for), εξουσιαστικόσ, επιβλητικός (awesome, dignified, imposing), επιτακτικόσ (imperative, mandatory, peremptory), επίσημοσ (ceremonial, ceremonious, formal, ministerial, notable, solemn), αυθεντικόσ (authentic, authentical). (various references) | |
Hungarian | parancsoló (assertiveness, compelling, dictatorial, domineering, imperatival, imperative, imperatorial, imperious, magisterial). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bersifat otoriter. (various references) | |
Italian | autoritario (authoritarian, bossy, masterful), autorevole (influential), imperioso (imperative, imperious, masterful, overbearing), d'autorit . (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 示教 (authoritative instruction, teaching), 示教 (authoritative instruction, teaching), 権威筋 (authoritative sources). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しきょう (authoritative instruction, bishop, market conditions, poem's locale, poetic inspiration, teaching, the Shijing), け"いすじ (authoritative sources). (various references) | |
Korean | 권위 있". (various references) | |
Manx | ughtaragh, kionyssagh (dominant, hectoring, self-assertive, sovereign), chiarnyssagh (bossy, dominating, seigniorial), bunneydagh (basic, elemental, firsthand, fundamental, fundamentalist, original, primitive, primordial, radical, rudimentary, underlying, vital). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | authoritativeay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | autorizado (able, accredited, authentic, authorative, authorized, commissioned, competent, licensed, licit, official, under), oficial (duty, journeyman, officer), impositivo, dominante (bossy, commanding, dictatorial, dominant, prepotent, prevailing, prevalent, ruling), competente (able, adept, apt, authority, capable, cognizant, efficient, expert, proficient, qualified, sufficient, useful). (various references) | |
Romanian | autorizat (accredited, authorized, canonic, canonical), autoritar (authoritatively, strong-minded), voluntar (free will, self willed, voluntary, volunteer, wilful), puternic (acute, ardent, biting, catchy, drastic, exquisite, fierce, flush, forceful, forcible, forcibly, great, hard, heavily, heavy, high, important, intense, intensely, intensive, leonine, loud, lusty, marrowy, mighty, muscular, nervous, nervy, pithy, potent, powerful, pronounced, resistant, robust, rough, rude, searching, severe, sinewy, solid, stark, stout, strapping, strong, tough, towering, vigorous, violent, virulent), poruncitor (imperative, imperatively, imperious, masterful, overbearing, overbearingly, peremptory), oficial (approved, authorized, ceremonial, coldly, conventional, conventionally, formal, formally, governmental, inspired, legal, official, officially, state, stiffly). (various references) | |
Russian | авторитетный (magisterial). (various references) | |
Scottish | spreigeil (prone to blame, undaunted), smachdail. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | autoritativan (magisterial), merodavan. (various references) | |
Spanish | autorizado (able, accredited, authorized, licenced, licensed, official, officious), autoritario (authoritarian, bossy, peremptory), que es una autoridad, con autoridad (authoritatively). (various references) | |
Swedish | auktoritativ (magisterial), officiella (official, officials), officiell (functional, functionary, official, officinal), myndig (adult, commanding, full-grown, grown-up, imperative, imperial, imperious, lordly, magisterial, major, of age, overbearing), befallande (commanding, emperious, imperative, imperial, imperious). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งเชื่อถือไ"้ (magisterial), ซึ่งมีอำนาจสนับสนุน. (various references) | |
Turkish | amirane (commandingly, dictatorial, imperiously, lordly, magisterial, masterfully), yetkili (authorized, commissioned, competent, entitled to, ex cathedra, executive, powerful, qualified), otoriter (authoritarian, bossy, domineering, imperious, strict), buyurucu (imperative, imperious, masterful, peremptory). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | владний (arbitrary, authoritarian, dictatorial, high and mighty, high handed, imperative, imperious, magisterial, masterful, overbearing), впливовий (grave, high-powered, influential, momentous), авторитетний (excathedral, magisterial). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | quyết đoán có uy quyền, hách dịch; mệnh lệnh, có thể tin được; có thẩm quyền hống hách, có quyền lực, có căn cứ đích xác, có am hiểu tường tận. (various references) | |
Welsh | awdurdodol. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | professorius, rata, ratus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "authoritative": authoritatively, authoritativeness, authoritativenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Authoritative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: authoratative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "authoritative" (pronounced uthô"rutā'tiv) |
| 6 | -u t ā' t i v | imitative, meditative, qualitative, quantitative, rehabilitative. |
| 5 | -t ā' t i v | facultative. |
| 4 | -ā' t i v | accommodative, accumulative, administrative, appreciative, collaborative, cooperative, deliberative, dissipative, elucidative, innovative, investigative, iterative, legislative, manipulative, prognosticative, regulative, stimulative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, irrespective, laxative, locomotive, lucrative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-i-i-o-r-t-t-t-u-v" | |
-4 letters: hortative. | |
-5 letters: hatteria, hetairai, rotative, thiourea, titivate, vitiator. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-i-i-o-r-t-t-t-u-v" | |
+2 letters: authoritatively. | |
+4 letters: authoritativeness. | |
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