EMPOWER Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

empower

verb

im-ˈpau̇(-ə)r

Definition of empower

as in to enable

to give official or legal power to the federal agency empowered to collect taxes

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as in to let

to make able or possible workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement

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Recent Examples of empower The person who is empowered to act on the principal’s behalf under the POA is the agent. — Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026 Notably, the new action comes about a month after UMG had sued DistroKid in September, claiming the company has helped empower bad actors to upload AI slop songs at mass scale, diluting the royalty pool for genuine artists. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Over the years, Best of Beauty became the seal that guides hands across shelves by empowering Allure readers with the knowledge of what makes a product great… long before the advent of social media and the ubiquitous #GRWM. — Hunter Lacey, Allure, 16 Oct. 2026 Anura is the interface that empowers a small armored crew to seamlessly interact with everything from on-board mission systems to uncrewed teammates. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for empower

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Chinese clinical tools, medical devices, and enabling technologies are likely to become increasingly central, as well.

— Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
The vulnerability, called P2PShell, impacts a coding language that powers 70% of the world’s websites, enabling hackers to remotely execute code or gain access to information stored on servers.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of enable

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Longtime collaborator Erik Blood foregrounds Butler’s dry drum machines in the mix, letting every other element shuffle around them, snaking toward the spotlight for a brief moment and retreating back into the brume.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
The deal lets Zuckerberg sell or transfer shares without losing his voting majority, preserving his control of Meta even if the measure passes.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of let

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His go-ahead hit sparked the Brewers to a 5-4 win in Game 2 after Seymour allowed Frelick’s tying home run.

— Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Each canister holds four missiles, allowing compatible launch systems to carry multiple interceptors within a single launch cell.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

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