authorize

Other forms of authorize

past tense

authorized·

present participle

authorizing·

third person

authorizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about authorize

What does authorize mean?

authorize means "grant authorization or clearance for". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in authorize?

authorize has 3 syllables: au-tho-rize. The stress falls on "au". In IPA it is /ˈɔθɚˌaɪz/.

What is another word for authorize?

Close synonyms include authorise, pass, clear, empower, authorise. 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 authorize a common word?

authorize 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.

What rhymes with authorize?

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