warrant

The word “warrant” has 2 syllables: war-rant

It's pronounced as /ˈwɔːrənt/


What is synonym and antonym for warrant?

In the thesaurus, “warrant” has 185 synonyms and 87 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for warrant along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for warrant

  • OK
  • accept
  • acceptance
  • accord
  • accredit
  • accreditation
  • acknowledge
  • acquiescence
  • adhere
  • affirm
  • agreement
  • allege
  • allow
  • allowance
  • announce
  • answer for
  • approbate
  • approve
  • argue
  • ask
  • assent
  • assert
  • assurance
  • assure
  • attest
  • authenticate
  • authentication
  • authority
  • authorization
  • authorize
  • aver
  • avouch
  • avow
  • back
  • basis
  • bear
  • bear out
  • beg
  • bless
  • bond
  • broadcast
  • call for
  • canonize
  • carte blanche
  • certificate
  • certification
  • certify
  • challenge
  • charter
  • claim
  • clear
  • clearance
  • command
  • commission
  • concession
  • concurrence
  • confirm
  • consent
  • contend
  • contract
  • covenant
  • credential
  • credentials
  • declare
  • defend
  • delegate
  • demand
  • ducat
  • earnest
  • empower
  • enable
  • endorse
  • enfranchise
  • enjoin
  • ensure
  • entail
  • entitle
  • exact
  • excuse
  • explain
  • finalize
  • formalize
  • foundation
  • give grounds for
  • go ahead
  • grant
  • granting
  • green light
  • guarantee
  • guaranty
  • homologate
  • imprimatur
  • inaugurate
  • indorse
  • induct
  • initial
  • initiate
  • insist
  • install
  • instate
  • insure
  • invest
  • involve
  • justify
  • lack
  • leave
  • legalize
  • let
  • liberty
  • licence
  • license
  • maintain
  • necessitate
  • need
  • official document
  • okay
  • pass
  • passport
  • patent
  • pawn
  • permission
  • permit
  • persevere
  • pledge
  • plight
  • press
  • privilege
  • proclaim
  • profess
  • promise
  • protest
  • purport
  • put forth
  • qualify
  • quest
  • ratify
  • rationalize
  • reaffirm
  • reapprove
  • reason
  • reassert
  • require
  • right
  • rubber-stamp
  • sanctify
  • sanction
  • seal
  • secure
  • security
  • shingle
  • sign
  • signature
  • sponsor
  • stamp
  • stand behind
  • state
  • sticker
  • stipulate
  • subpoena
  • sufferance
  • summons
  • support
  • swear
  • swear in
  • tag
  • take
  • take an oath
  • testimonial
  • ticket
  • token
  • tolerance
  • toleration
  • undertake
  • underwrite
  • uphold
  • validate
  • verification
  • vest
  • vindicate
  • vouch for
  • vow
  • want
  • warranty
  • witness
  • word

Antonyms for warrant

  • abandon
  • ban
  • bar
  • block
  • breach
  • break
  • challenge
  • confute
  • constrain
  • contradict
  • counter
  • decline
  • denial
  • deny
  • desert
  • deterrence
  • disallow
  • disapprove
  • disavow
  • disbar
  • disclaim
  • discourage
  • discouragement
  • disenfranchise
  • disfranchise
  • disown
  • disprove
  • dispute
  • disqualify
  • disregard
  • embargo
  • enjoin
  • exclude
  • exclusion
  • forbid
  • gainsay
  • give up
  • have
  • hinder
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hurt
  • ignore
  • illegalize
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • injunction
  • interdict
  • interdiction
  • invalidate
  • leave
  • negate
  • negative
  • neglect
  • obstruct
  • outlaw
  • overlook
  • own
  • possess
  • prevent
  • prohibit
  • prohibition
  • proscribe
  • proscription
  • question
  • rebuff
  • rebut
  • refusal
  • refuse
  • refute
  • reject
  • rejection
  • repression
  • repudiate
  • retract
  • revocation
  • shut out
  • spurn
  • stop
  • suppression
  • surrender
  • taboo
  • tabu
  • turn down
  • unauthorize
  • uncertainty
  • veto

Meanings of warrant

  • noun
    1. Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
    2. Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
    3. An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
    4. An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.
    5. A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
    6. Short for warrant officer.
    7. A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
    8. A defender, a protector.
    9. Underclay in a coal mine.
  • verb
    1. To protect, keep safe (from danger).
    2. To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).
    3. To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
    4. To guarantee as being true; (colloquially) to believe strongly.
    5. To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
    6. To justify; to give grounds for.

Example Sentences

  • The police obtained a warrant to search the suspect's house.
  • His actions do not warrant such a harsh punishment.
  • A judge issued a warrant for the arrest of the suspect.
  • The evidence presented was enough to warrant further investigation.
  • The officer explained that the warrant would allow them to confiscate the evidence.

On this page you'll find 272 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to warrant, such as: OK, abandon, accept, acceptance, accord, accredit, accreditation.

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gage

  • agreement
  • assurance
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  • bail
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  • bond
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  • charter
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  • warrant
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  • word
  • word of honor

qualify

  • OK
  • abate
  • accredit
  • accustom
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • affirm
  • allow
  • alter
  • approve
  • ascribe
  • assign
  • assuage
  • attribute
  • authorize
  • capacitate
  • certificate
  • certify
  • change
  • charter
  • check out
  • circumscribe
  • clear
  • color
  • come up to snuff
  • commission
  • condition
  • confirm
  • credential
  • cut it
  • describe
  • designate
  • diminish
  • distort
  • ease
  • educate
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  • enfranchise
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  • fill the bill
  • fit
  • get by
  • groom
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  • hack it
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  • inaugurate
  • individualize
  • individuate
  • indoctrinate
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  • induct
  • initiate
  • install
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  • instruct
  • invest
  • legitimize
  • let
  • licence
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  • limit
  • make it
  • make the cut
  • make the grade
  • mark
  • measure up
  • meet
  • misrepresent
  • misstate
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • modify
  • modulate
  • name
  • narrow
  • okay
  • pass
  • pass muster
  • permit
  • pervert
  • predicate
  • prepare
  • privilege
  • ratify
  • reaccredit
  • ready
  • reapprove
  • recertify
  • recharter
  • reduce
  • regulate
  • restrain
  • revalidate
  • sanction
  • school
  • score
  • season
  • shape
  • signalize
  • singularize
  • soften
  • suffice
  • suit
  • swear in
  • tailor
  • teach
  • temper
  • train
  • tutor
  • twist
  • validate
  • vary
  • vest
  • warp
  • warrant
  • weaken

ukase

  • act
  • adjudication
  • advertisement
  • announcement
  • authorization
  • behest
  • bidding
  • broadcast
  • bull
  • call
  • canon
  • charge
  • charging
  • code
  • command
  • commandment
  • communication
  • conclusion
  • decision
  • declaration
  • decree
  • decretum
  • deliverance
  • determination
  • diagnosis
  • dictate
  • dictum
  • diktat
  • direction
  • directive
  • edict
  • enactment
  • encyclical
  • endorsement
  • fiat
  • finding
  • go ahead
  • green light
  • injunction
  • instruction
  • instrument
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • law
  • mandate
  • manifesto
  • memo
  • memorandum
  • message
  • notice
  • notification
  • opinion
  • order
  • ordinance
  • permission
  • precept
  • prescript
  • proclamation
  • promulgation
  • pronouncement
  • pronunciamento
  • publication
  • rap
  • reg
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  • report
  • rescript
  • resolution
  • rule
  • ruling
  • sanction
  • say
  • say-so
  • signal
  • statute
  • stipulation
  • the riot act
  • the word
  • verdict
  • warrant
  • will
  • word
  • writ

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