Home › Words › A › authorizerauthorizerauthorizer means one who, or that which, authorizes.EtymologyFrom authorize + -er.nounOne who, or that which, authorizes.e.g.“Ohio allows 70 groups, including universities, nonprofits and many unconventional agencies to be authorizers.” — 2007 November 8, Sam Dillon, “Ohio Goes After Charter Schools That Are Failing”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.authorization 78% match — An act of authorizing. vs authorizer →authorizable 75% match — Capable of being authorized. vs authorizer →authorize 65% match — To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to. vs authorizer →approver 64% match — One who approves or gives approval. vs authorizer →misauthorize 64% match — To authorize erroneously. vs authorizer →reauthorise 64% match — To authorize again; to give new authority to. vs authorizer →authenticator 62% match — One who, or something which, authenticates, as vs authorizer →reauthorize 62% match — To authorize again, to give authority to anew. vs authorizer →