ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEempower
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empower
Meaning: to give someone the authority or confidence to do something
empower in a sentence
How empower is used in real sentences:
The new law will empower local communities to manage their own parks.
The mentor's steady encouragement seemed to empower the nervous freshman to finally speak up in class.
“Instead of giving another order, she chose to empower each climber to vote.”
— from the passage The Ridge Vote
Synonyms for empower
Other words for empower — authorize and enable — carry the same meaning.
- authorize
- enable
Antonyms of empower
Words that mean the opposite of empower:
- restrict
- weaken
- suppress
Where it comes from
From en- 'to make' + power
Word parts
- em/en — within/put inside
empower: em- (make) + power (ability)
Memory hook
EM + POWER — to hand someone power.