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Noun (2 meanings)

1. a worker who holds or is invested with an office.

official, functionary

official is a type of:
types of official:
  • Comptroller General (noun) - a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government
  • Comptroller of the Currency (noun) - a United States federal official who regulates the national banks
  • Inquisitor (noun) - an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
  • agent, federal agent (noun) - any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
  • apparatchik (noun) - a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)
  • appointee (noun) - an official who is appointed
  • bailiff (noun) - an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
  • beadle (noun) - a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
  • bureaucrat, administrative official (noun) - an official of a bureaucracy
  • caretaker (noun) - an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily
  • censor (noun) - a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
  • census taker, enumerator (noun) - someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes
  • church officer (noun) - a church official
  • city father (noun) - an important municipal official
  • civil servant (noun) - a public official who is a member of the civil service
  • commissar, political commissar (noun) - an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
  • diplomat, diplomatist (noun) - an official engaged in international negotiations
  • elected official (noun) - official who won the office in a free election
  • equerry (noun) - an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
  • fire marshall (noun) - an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires
  • fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger (noun) - an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
  • hearing examiner, hearing officer (noun) - an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers
  • holdover, hangover (noun) - an official who remains in office after his term
  • incumbent, officeholder (noun) - the official who holds an office
  • invalidator, voider, nullifier (noun) - an official who can invalidate or nullify
  • judge, justice, jurist (noun) - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
  • licenser (noun) - an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)
  • macebearer, mace, macer (noun) - an official who carries a mace of office
  • mandarin (noun) - any high government official or bureaucrat
  • notary, notary public (noun) - someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
  • noticer (noun) - someone who gives formal notice
  • officeholder, officer (noun) - someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
  • postmaster general (noun) - the official in charge of the national postal service
  • proconsul (noun) - an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
  • prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney (noun) - a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
  • provincial (noun) - (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
  • quaestor (noun) - any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
  • recruiter (noun) - an official who enlists personnel for military service
  • registrar, record-keeper, recorder (noun) - someone responsible for keeping records
  • regulator (noun) - an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
  • returning officer (noun) - the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results
  • sealer (noun) - an official who affixes a seal to a document
  • searcher (noun) - a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
  • teller, vote counter (noun) - an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
  • town clerk (noun) - the official who keeps a town's records
  • usher, doorkeeper (noun) - an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
  • vizier (noun) - a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
  • weigher (noun) - an official who weighs and records the weight
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2. someone who administers the rules of a game or sport.

official

Example:
  • “the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling”
official is a type of:
  • adjudicator (noun) - a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes
types of official:
  • football official (noun) - an official who enforces the rules at a football game
  • linesman (noun) - official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)
  • referee, ref (noun) - (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
  • scorekeeper, scorer (noun) - an official who records the score during the progress of a game
  • starter, dispatcher (noun) - the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
  • timekeeper, timer (noun) - (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
  • umpire, ump (noun) - an official at a baseball game

Adjective (5 meanings)

1. having official authority or sanction.

official

Examples:
  • “official permission”,
  • “an official representative”
official is the opposite of:
  • unofficial (adjective) - not having official authority or sanction
Derivationally related form:
  • office, power (noun) - (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
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2. of or relating to an office.

official

Example:
  • “official privileges”
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3. verified officially.

official

Example:
  • “the election returns are now official”
official is similar to:
  • confirmed (adjective) - having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation

4. conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline.

official, prescribed

Example:
  • “in prescribed order”
Derivationally related form:
  • office (noun) - a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
official is similar to:
  • regular (adjective) - in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle

5. (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution.

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