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authoritative
adjective
1 authoritative
Having authority or ascendancy or influence:
— The captain's authoritative manner.
synonym: important.
Roget 741:
commanding
etc.
v.;
authoritative
etc.
737;
decretory†,
decretive†,
decretal†;
callable,
jussive†.
Roget 474:
certain,
sure,
assured
etc.
v.;
solid,
well-founded.
unqualified,
absolute,
positive,
determinate,
definite,
clear,
unequivocal,
categorical,
unmistakable,
decisive,
decided,
ascertained.
inevitable,
unavoidable,
avoidless†;
ineluctable.
unerring,
infallible;
unchangeable
etc.
150;
to be depended on,
trustworthy,
reliable,
bound.
unimpeachable,
undeniable,
unquestionable;
indisputable,
incontestable,
incontrovertible,
indubitable;
irrefutable
etc.
(proven)
478;
conclusive,
without power of appeal.
indubious†;
without doubt,
beyond a doubt,
without a shade or shadow of doubt,
without question,
beyond question;
past dispute;
clear as day;
beyond all question,
beyond all dispute;
undoubted,
uncontested,
unquestioned,
undisputed;
questionless†,
doubtless.
authoritative,
authentic,
official.
sure as fate,
sure as death and taxes,
sure as a gun.
evident,
self-evident,
axiomatic;
clear,
clear as day,
clear as the sun at noonday.
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2 authoritative
Of recognized authority or excellence.
synonym: definitive.
3 authoritative
Sanctioned by established authority:
— An authoritative communique.
synonyms: authorised, authorized.
Roget 737a:
regal,
sovereign,
governing;
royal,
royalist;
monarchical,
kingly;
imperial,
imperiatorial†;
princely;
feudal;
aristocratic,
autocratic;
oligarchic
etc.
n.;
republican,
dynastic.
ruling
etc.
v.;
regnant,
gubernatorial;
imperious;
authoritative,
executive,
administrative,
clothed with authority,
official,
departmental,
ex officio,
imperative,
peremptory,
overruling,
absolute;
hegemonic,
hegemonical†;
authorized
etc.
(due)
924.
[pertaining to property owned by government]
government,
public;
national,
federal;
his majesty's [Brit.],
her majesty's;
state,
county,
city,
etc.
N..
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