Authorize
Authorize verb - Grant authorization or clearance for.
Usage example: The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
Countenance is a synonym for authorize in permit topic. In some cases you can use "Countenance" instead a verb "Authorize", when it comes to topics like give permission for.
Countenance
Countenance verb - To have a favorable opinion of.
Authorize is a synonym for countenance in authorise topic. You can use "Authorize" instead a verb "Countenance".
Nearby Words: countenanced, countenancing
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- warrant and authorize
- warrant and countenance
- allow and authorize
- allow and countenance
- sanction and authorize
- sanction and countenance
- approve and authorize
- approve and countenance
- uphold and authorize
- uphold and countenance
- support and authorize
- support and countenance
- confirm and authorize
- confirm and countenance
Common collocations
| idea | authorize idea | countenance idea |
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Countenance and Authorize. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/authorize/countenance
Authorize & Countenance. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/authorize/countenance>.
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