authoritative

Questions about authoritative

What does authoritative mean?

authoritative means "having authority or ascendancy or influence". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in authoritative?

authoritative has 5 syllables: au-tho-ri-ta-tive. The stress falls on "tho". In IPA it is /əˈθɔɹəˌteɪtɪv/.

What is another word for authoritative?

Close synonyms include important, definitive, authorized, authorised. 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 authoritative a common word?

authoritative is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with authoritative?

7 words rhyme with authoritative. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.