Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Authority

Nouns
Verbs
  • authorize etc. (permit) Permission
  • warrant etc. (right) Dueness
  • dictate etc. (order) Command. be at the head of etc. adj.
  • hold office, be in office, fill an office
  • hold master, occupy master, a post master, be master etc. Master. have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip
  • gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost
  • boss [U.S.]
  • override, overrule, overawe
  • lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches
  • have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb
  • be master of the situation
  • take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion
  • give the law to
  • carry with a high hand
  • lay down the law
  • ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm" [Addison]
  • rule with a rod of iron etc. (severity) Severity.
Adjectives
  • at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential
  • arbitrary
  • compulsory etc. Compulsion
  • stringent. at one's command
  • in one's power, in one's grasp
  • under control.
Adverbs
  • in the name of, by the authority of, in virtue of
  • under the auspices of, in the hands of. at one's pleasure
  • by a dash if the pen, by a stroke of the pen
  • from the chair.
Phrases
  • the gray mare the better horse
  • every inch a king" [Lear]. Property