Authorize and Bar

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Authorize verb - To give official or legal power to.

Usage example: only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots

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Bar is an antonym for authorize.

Bar verb - To order not to do or use or to be done or used.

Usage example: corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools

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Authorize is an antonym for bar.

Nearby Word: barroom

use

authorize use

bar use

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Bar and Authorize. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/authorize/bar

Authorize & Bar. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/authorize/bar>.

Bar or Authorize. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/authorize/bar.

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