1. authority

noun. ['əˈθɔrəti'] the power or right to give orders or make decisions.

Rhymes with Authority

• priority
• minority
• majority
• sorority

How do you pronounce authority?

Pronounce authority as əˈθɔrəti.

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How do you spell authority? Is it autority ?

A common misspelling of authority is autority

Sentences with authority

1. Noun, singular or mass
A home appraiser is the authority on what a home's value is on the open market.

Quotes about authority

1. If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
- Keith Richards, Keith Richards: In His Own Words

2. Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
- Anne Bradstreet

3. The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
- Socrates

2. authority

noun. ['əˈθɔrəti'] (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others.

3. authority

noun. ['əˈθɔrəti'] an expert whose views are taken as definitive.

4. authority

noun. ['əˈθɔrəti'] freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities.

5. authority

noun. ['əˈθɔrəti'] official permission or approval.

6. authority

noun. ['əˈθɔrəti'] an administrative unit of government.

7. authority

noun. ['əˈθɔrəti'] an authoritative written work.