Words and phrases that have a meaning related to authoritative: (186 results)
Often used in the same context:
unbiased, reliable, insightful, unimpeachable, accurate, trustworthy, dispassionate, respected, definitive, influential, compendious, credible, comprehensive, encyclopaedic, encyclopedic, erudite, persuasive, impartial, knowledgeable, succinct, incisive, comprehensible, indispensable, ex cathedra, scholarly, concise, preeminent, reputable, eloquent, cogent, infallible, informative, irenic, uncontroversial, bibliographic, independent, intelligible, sagest, analytical, omniscient, trenchant, perspicacious, unambiguous, unassailable, periodical, pertinent, opinionated, relevant, sagacious, avuncular, empirical, citable, unprejudiced, pithy, recognizable, unrivaled, nonexpert, magisterial, impeccable, perceptive, forthright, knowledgable, astute, ipse dixit, nuanced, reverent, holy writ, perspicuous, unobjectionable, descriptive, praiseful, damning, evenhanded, unequivocal, precise, dialogic, forceful, apposite, undogmatic, censorious, unexceptionable, dependable, hortatory, competent, effectual, alarmist, readable, intelligent, recondite, univocal, irrefutable, valuable, reassuring, admonitory, emphatic, peerless, waspish, oracular, indepth, prophetic, homiletic, thoughtful, simple, foreign, modern, brief, com, common, doctrinal, ex, extant, hostile, im, literary, mercantile, natural, petty, central, commercial, con, dis, human, authentic, exhaustive, popularized, semiofficial, enlightening, scriptural, tendentious, todate, autobiographical
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., allocution, approved, arbitrament, arbitration, arbitrement, authoritatively, authority, behest, bible, bid, bidding, book of facts, canonised, canonized, command, control, dictate, dictation, dictum, doctrine, dogma, edict, glorified, interdiction, ism, last word, licenser, locus classicus, magisterially, nihil obstat, oracle, ordinance, philosophical system, philosophy, prescription, pronouncement, prophet, reference, reference book, reference work, regulation, requisition, rubric, sanctioned, say-so, school of thought, seer, vaticinator, with authority
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Also try:authorized, classical, important, official, standard
— Nouns for authoritative: voice, source, sources, work, statement, text, account, information, texts, tone, interpretation, more...
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