Meaning

3 senses
  1. Having been given powers.

  2. (US)Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.

  3. (US)Acting with confidence.

More definitions
  • invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter

Forms

more empowered, most empowered
Comparativemore empowered Lesson
Superlativemost empowered Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter:scepteredsceptred

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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