PREAPPROVE Synonyms

• grant authorization or clearance for

• give or delegate power or authority to

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• strengthen or make more firm

• make more firm

• support a person for a position

• administer the rite of confirmation to

• the appearance conveyed by a person's face

• formal and explicit approval

• the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

• consent to, give permission; permit

• be behind; approve of

• give support or one's approval to

• guarantee as meeting a certain standard

• sign as evidence of legal transfer

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

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

• authorize officially

• 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

• approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

• formal and explicit approval

• a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

• official permission or approval

• the act of final authorization

• give sanction to

• give authority or permission to

• give religious sanction to, such as through an oath

• declare or make legally valid

• prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something

• give evidence for

• make valid or confirm the validity of