Chapter Augury to Azure of A by Soule's Synonymes

Authority, n.

1. Power, sovereignty, dominion, empire, government.

2. Rule, sway, ascendency, supremacy, control, influence, interest.

3. Permission, warrant, warranty, liberty, permit, precept, order, authorization, sanction.

4. Witness, testimony.

5. Credibility, weight of evidence.

6. Respectability, dignity, weight of character.

7. Person of commanding knowledge, leading expert, connoisseur, master, master-mind.

Authorize, v. a.

1. Sanction, justify, warrant, legalize, support by authority.

2. Empower, commission, permit, allow, give permission to, give leave to, give authority to.

Autochthonal, Autochthonous, a. Original, primitive, primeval, pristine, primary, first, native, indigenous. See aboriginal.

Autocracy, n. Dictatorship, absolutism, despotism, absolute monarchy, arbitrary power, absolute power.

Autocrat, n. Dictator, despot, unlimited monarch, absolute ruler.

Autocratic, a.

1. Absolute, despotic, unlimited.

2. Tyrannous, tyrannical, oppressive, overbearing, disdainful, magisterial. See arrogant.

Automatic, a. Self-moving, self-acting.

Autonomy, n. Self-government, independence, self-legislation.

Autopsy, n.

1. (Rare and pedantic.) Ocular evidence, personal examination.

2. Post-mortem examination, post-mortem.