EMPOWERS Synonyms

• render capable or able for some task

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

• spur on

• increase the level of

• make better or more attractive

• United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

• providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties

• promote the growth of

• bring up under fosterage; of children

• help develop, help grow

• become more extreme

• make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

• increase the level of

• increase the height of

• make (one's senses) more acute

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

• make strong or stronger

• gain strength

• give a healthy elasticity to

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• consent to, give permission; permit

• let have

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

• allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something

• afford possibility

• allow the other (baseball) team to score

• grant as a discount or in exchange

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

• give or delegate power or authority to

• grant authorization or clearance for

• grant authorization or clearance for

• give or delegate power or authority to

• give qualities or abilities to

• furnish with an endowment

• give qualities or abilities to

• something acquired without compensation

• natural abilities or qualities

• the act of giving

• give qualities or abilities to

• give as a present; make a gift of

• give qualities or abilities to

• heighten or intensify

• supply the inspiration for

• serve as the inciting cause of

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• fill with revolutionary ideas

• draw in (air)

• make an investment

• give qualities or abilities to

• furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

• provide with power and authority

• place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

• a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again

• a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• actively cause something to happen

• consent to, give permission; permit

• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

• leave unchanged

• grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

• consent to, give permission; permit

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting