SELF-APPOINTED Antonyms

• subject to appointment

• selected for a job

• fixed or established especially by order or command

• provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)

• endowed with authority

• endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements

• fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)

• holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill

• the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)

• one who is the object of choice; who is given preference

• an exclusive group of people

• subject to popular election

• of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

• based on known statements or events or conditions

• in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles

• authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

• make legal

• show or affirm to be just and legitimate

• make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)

• having official authority or sanction

• of or relating to an office

• a worker who holds or is invested with an office

• someone who administers the rules of a game or sport

• verified officially

• conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline

• (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

• generally approved or compelling recognition

• provided with a secure reputation

• conforming to orthodox or recognized rules

• formally approved and invested with legal authority

• established by authority; given authoritative approval