empowered adjective 3noun 1forms 3 adjective3 •Having been given powers.Empowered staff deliver the goods and exceed your expectations. Disempowered staff develop a 'sullen obedience' where they stop driving new initiatives and just await orders. — 2024 •Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation. •Acting with confidence. noun1 •One who is empowered.The coolest of these "empowereds" laugh with the shock jocks ogling the hotties and ragging on the fatties and the prudes. — 2003 formsempowereds · more empowered · most empowered