Definitions for authoritative

authoritative au·thor·i·ta·tive

Spelling: [uh-thawr-i-tey-tiv, uh-thor-]
IPA: /əˈθɔr ɪˌteɪ tɪv, əˈθɒr-/

Authoritative is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 551 anagrams from letters in authoritative (aaehiiortttuv).

Definitions for authoritative

adjective

  1. having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority:
  2. substantiated or supported by documentary evidence and accepted by most authorities in a field:
  3. having an air of authority; accustomed to exercising authority; positive; peremptory; dictatorial:

Origin of authoritative

First recorded in 1595-1605; authorit(y) + -ative

Examples for authoritative

"I will stay," said Artois, with a sudden return of his authoritative manner.

Dunham makes fun of herself only so that she can then hedge and embrace an authoritative role.

Yes, all of these claims have been made by authoritative Mormons over the years.

These days, authoritative feminist discourse is no longer just a spectator sport.

Coren, a striking blond with an authoritative manner and a deep voice, stayed with the story all night and well into the next day.

But, placid as she was, my mother was authoritative, and could not endure any kind of constraint.

He counted very much on me, but he was authoritative and persistent.

She had not experimented to an authoritative extent with the desert pickles.

"But you must understand this," Mary went on, with an authoritative note in her voice.

Director Peter Bogdanovich wrote in the New York Times Book Review that John Wayne is “authoritative and thoroughly engaging.”

Word Value for authoritative
Scrable

19

Words with friends

20

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