'authorities' definitions:
Definition of 'authorities'
From: WordNet
noun
The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" [syn: government, authorities, regime]
Synonyms of 'authorities'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bureaucracy,
- directorate,
- hierarchy,
- higher echelons,
- higher-ups,
- John Bull,
- management,
- ministry,
- officialdom,
- prelacy,
- ruling class,
- ruling classes,
- the administration,
- the authorities,
- the Crown,
- the Establishment,
- the government,
- the ingroup,
- the interests,
- the people upstairs,
- the power elite,
- the power structure,
- the top,
- them,
- they,
- top brass,
- Uncle Sam,
- Washington,
- Whitehall
Words containing 'authorities'
- author,
- authority,
- authorization,
- authorize,
- authorized,
- authorizer,
- Constituted authorities,
- author's name,
- authoring language,
- authority figure,
- authorized shares,
- authorized stock,
- authorized version,
- civil authority,
- good authority,
- joint author,
- local authority,
- palestine authority,
- redevelopment authority,
- regulatory authority,
- supreme authority,
- wield authority,
- co-author,
- palestine national authority,
- palestinian national authority