ENTITLED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

entitled

verb

Definition of entitled next

past tense of entitle

as in authorized

to give a right to the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens

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as in named

to give a name to apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers

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Recent Examples of entitled Every president is entitled to burial at Arlington National Cemetery. —

George Petras, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024 Everyone is entitled to fundamental human rights, such as freedom of assembly and freedom of expression. —

George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024 So instead of receiving a benefit of $1,500, that employee would only be entitled to a monthly survivor benefit of $300/month. —

Elliot Raphaelson, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024 For example, assume an employee would normally be entitled to a survivor benefit of $1,500/month as a result of the work record of his/her deceased spouse. —

Elliot Raphaelson, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for entitled

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Attorneys for New Jersey argued that even a partial remand meant the program was no longer authorized by federal regulators, and that a lack of clarity regarding pollution mitigation should in and of itself be enough to order a temporary pause on the program.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
Thus, a firm formed in 2018 was legally authorized to join a 2021 lawsuit challenging a Federal Reserve rule on bank debit card fees that was finalized in 2011 – a full decade earlier.

— Alden Abbott, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025