AUTHORITATIVE


Meaning of AUTHORITATIVE in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: official , ex cathedra, ex officio

2.

Synonyms: true 9, dependable, trustable, trustworthy

Related Word: attested, authenticated, circumstantiated, confirmed, proven, validated, verified; convincing, indisputable, irrefutable, sure, unrefutable; cathedral, cathedratic

Contrasted words: contestable, controversial, debatable, disputable, refutable; dubious, questionable, suspect, unreliable

3.

Synonyms: dictatorial , authoritarian, dictative, doctrinaire, dogmatic, magisterial

4.

Synonyms: orthodox 1, accepted, canonical, received, sanctioned, sound

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