Dictionary Definition
approved adj
1 established by authority; given authoritative
approval; "a list of approved candidates" [syn: sanctioned]
2 generally or especially officially judged
acceptable or satisfactory; "an approved method"; "work on the
approved project went ahead on schedule" [ant: disapproved]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
approved- Describing something that has received approval.
Verb
approved- past of approve
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Christian, accepted, acclaimed, acknowledged, admired, admitted, adopted, advocated, affirmed, allowed, applauded, appointed, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, avowed, backed, being done, canonical, carried, cathedral, certified, chosen, comme il faut, conceded, confessed, confirmed, conformable, conventional, correct, countersigned, cried up,
customary, de rigueur,
decent, decorous, designated, elect, elected, elected by acclamation,
embraced, endorsed, espoused, evangelical, ex cathedra,
faithful, favored, favorite, firm, formal, granted, handpicked, highly touted, in
good odor, literal,
magisterial,
meet, named, nominated, notarized, of the faith,
official, orthodox, orthodoxical, passed, picked, popular, professed, proper, ratified, received, recognized, recommended, right, scriptural, sealed, seemly, select, selected, signed, sound, stamped, standard, supported, sworn and affirmed,
sworn to, textual,
traditional,
traditionalistic,
true, true-blue,
unanimously elected, underwritten, validated, warranted,
well-thought-of