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To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.

Why synonyms can be useful

Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.

In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.

Synonyms for (noun) authority

Synonyms: authorisation, authority, authorization, sanction Definition: official permission or approval Usage: authority for the program was renewed several times

Hypernyms: permission Definition: approval to do something Usage: he asked permission to leave

Synonyms: dominance, potency, say-so, authorisation, authority, authorization Definition: the power or right to give orders or make decisions Usage: he has the authority to issue warrants; deputies are given authorization to make arrests; a place of potency in the state

Hypernyms: control Definition: power to direct or determine Usage: under control

Synonyms: sureness, assurance, authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence Definition: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities Usage: his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular; after that failure he lost his confidence; she spoke with authority

Hypernyms: certainty Definition: the state of being certain Usage: his certainty reassured the others

Synonyms: authority Definition: an authoritative written work Usage: this book is the final authority on the life of Milton

Hypernyms: book Definition: a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) Usage: I am reading a good book on economics

Synonyms: government agency, federal agency, office, bureau, authority, agency Definition: an administrative unit of government Usage: the Central Intelligence Agency; the Census Bureau; Office of Management and Budget; Tennessee Valley Authority

Hypernyms: administrative body, administrative unit Definition: a unit with administrative responsibilities

Synonyms: authority Definition: an expert whose views are taken as definitive Usage: he is an authority on corporate law

Hypernyms: expert Definition: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

Synonyms: authority Definition: (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others Usage: the authorities have issued a curfew

Hypernyms: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual Definition: a human being Usage: there was too much for one person to do