Authoritative
[ɔː'θɒrɪtətɪv;-,teɪtɪv] or [ə'θɔrətetɪv]
Definition
(adj.) sanctioned by established authority; 'an authoritative communique'; 'the authorized biography' .
(adj.) having authority or ascendancy or influence; 'an important official'; 'the captain's authoritative manner' .
(adj.) of recognized authority or excellence; 'the definitive work on Greece'; 'classical methods of navigation' .
Edited by Faye--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.
(a.) Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone.
Typist: Sharif
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Official, commanding, by authority, EX CATHEDRA.[2]. Dictatorial, imperative, imperious, magisterial, oracular, peremptory, dogmatic.
Typist: Rachel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Decisive, sure, conclusive, authentic, powerful, firm, potent, dictatorial,imperious, arbitrary, arrogant, imperative, dogmatic, commanding
ANT:Weak, inconclusive, vague, indeterminate, indefinite, vacillating, undecisive,bland, conciliatory, affable, lenient, persuasive
Checker: Ophelia
Examples
- Then there was a loud and authoritative tap. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Too rarely is the individual teacher so free from the dictation of authoritative supervisor, textbook on methods, prescribed course of study, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Let us add to what has been written above a short passage from an abler and far more authoritative pen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Had it been less authoritative and more tolerant of intellectual variety, it might perhaps have been a still more powerful body than it became. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She did not like this authoritative questioning. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- An absolutism like Russia's is served better when the people accept their ideas as authoritative and piously sacrifice humanity to a non-human purpose. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The last phrase is italicized as being a happy and authoritative description, as well as a tribute. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The field being a new one to him, Edison followed his usual course of reading up every page of authoritative literature on the subject, and seeking information from all quarters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yet his works on human ana tomy and physiology were authoritative for the subseq uent thirteen centuries. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Checker: Ophelia