authoritative

adj.

1. Having or arising from authority; official: an authoritative decree; authoritative sources.
2. Of acknowledged accuracy or excellence; highly reliable: an authoritative account of the revolution.
3. Wielding authority; commanding: the captain's authoritative manner.

authoritatively au·thor'i·ta'tive·ly adv.
authoritativeness au·thor'i·ta'tive·ness n.

adjective

1. Having or arising from authority: conclusive, official, sanctioned, standard. See true/false.
2. Worthy of belief, as because of precision or faithfulness to an original: authentic, convincing, credible, faithful, true, trustworthy, valid. See true/false.
3. Serving the function of deciding or settling with finality: conclusive, decisive, definitive, determinative, final. See decide/hesitate.
4. Exercising authority: commanding, dominant, lordly, masterful. See over/under, strong/weak.

adj

Definition: being domineering
Antonyms: democratic

adj

Definition: official, authorized
Antonyms: illegitimate, illicit, unofficial

adj

Definition: recognized as true, valid
Antonyms: doubtful, questionable, spurious, unofficial, unsubstantiated, unverified

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Common misspelling(s) of authoritative

• authorative
• authoritive

Authoritative

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - autoritativ, som tillægges autoritet

Nederlands (Dutch)
gezaghebbend, betrouwbaar, officieel, zelfverzekerd, dictatoriaal

Français (French)
adj. - autoritaire, autorisé, qui fait autorité

Deutsch (German)
adj. - respekteinflößend, maßgebend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επίσημος, έγκυρος, αξιόπιστος, επιτακτικός, με κύρος, με αυτοπεποίθηση

Italiano (Italian)
autorevole, imperioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - autorizado, competente, oficial, autoritário, ditatorial, dominante, impositivo

Русский (Russian)
влиятельный, авторитетный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - autoritario, autorizado, que es una autoridad

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - auktoritativ, myndig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
权威的, 命令式的, 有权威的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 權威的, 命令式的, 有權威的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 권위 있는, 당국의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 権威ある, 典拠の確かな, 官憲の, 権柄ずくの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رسمي, ذو سلطه, آمر, ديكتاتوري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוסמך, סמכותי, מרותי, מצווה, תקיף, מהימן‬

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