n. 25B6; noun
a rebellion against those in authority : POWER, jurisdiction, command, control, charge, dominance, rule, sovereignty, supremacy; influence; informal clout.
the authority to arrest drug traffickers : AUTHORIZATION, right, power, mandate, prerogative, licence.
the money was spent without parliamentary authority : AUTHORIZATION, permission, consent, leave, sanction, licence, dispensation, assent, acquiescence, agreement, approval, endorsement, clearance; informal the go-ahead, the thumbs up, the OK, the green light.
the authorities : OFFICIALS, officialdom; government, administration, establishment; police; informal the powers that be.
an authority on the stock market : EXPERT, specialist, aficionado, pundit, doyen(ne), guru, sage; informal boffin.
he cites the nuns' testimony as an authority : SOURCE, reference, citation, quotation, passage.
on good authority : EVIDENCE, testimony, witness, attestation, word, avowal; Law deposition.