authorised

1. 1.

   endowed with authority

   Synonymsauthorized

   Similaraccreditedapprovedcanonizedempowered
2. 2.

   sanctioned by established authority

   “an authoritative communique”

   “the authorized biography”

   Synonymsauthoritativeauthorized

   Similarofficial

Questions about authorised

What does authorised mean?

authorised means "endowed with authority". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in authorised?

authorised has 3 syllables: au-thori-sed. The stress falls on "au".

What is another word for authorised?

Close synonyms include authorized, authoritative, authorized. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is authorised a common word?

authorised is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.