empowered (adj.)

• absolute
• ascendant
• authoritarian
• authoritative
• authorized
• autocratic
• chartered
• commanding
• competent
• consequential
• considerable
• controlling
• dominant
• eminent
• enfranchised
• entitled
• franchised
• governing
• great
• imperative
• important
• influential
• leading
• licensed
• mighty
• momentous
• official
• patented
• potent
• powerful
• preeminent
• prestigious
• privileged
• prominent
• puissant
• ranking
• ruling
• sanctioned
• senior
• substantial
• superior
• supreme
• totalitarian
• warranted
• weighty