Synonyms for officer
ˈɔ fə sər, ˈɒf ə-of·fi·cer

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1. officerverb

   Synonyms:
   manage, direct, conduct

2. officerverb

   To supply with officers.

   Synonyms:
   direct, manage, conduct

3. officerverb

   To command like an officer.

   Synonyms:
   conduct, manage, direct

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1. officer

   Synonyms:
   official, functionary, conductor, director, administrator, manager, dignitary, official

   Antonyms:
   member, servant, private, sinecurist

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1. military officer, officernoun

   any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

   "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"

   Synonyms:
   policeman, officeholder, ship's officer, military officer, police officer

2. officeholder, officernoun

   someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

   "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"

   Synonyms:
   incumbent, policeman, officeholder, ship's officer, military officer, police officer

3. policeman, police officer, officernoun

   a member of a police force

   "it was an accident, officer"

   Synonyms:
   policeman, officeholder, ship's officer, military officer, police officer

4. officer, ship's officerverb

   a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

   "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"

   Synonyms:
   policeman, officeholder, ship's officer, military officer, police officer

5. officerverb

   direct or command as an officer

Matched Categories

1. • Command
   • Holder
   • Official

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1. officernoun

   Synonyms:
   official, functionary, magistrate

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1. officernoun

   Synonyms:
   office-holder, magistrate, dignitary, incumbent

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1. List of paraphrases for "officer":

   agent, official, officers, specialist, officer-in-charge, personnel, director, formal, agents, oficial, officier, staff, policeman, administrator, officership, employee, servant, officials, constable, patrolman, leader

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1. Al Sharpton:

   We need each and every officer to be held accountable. And until then, it's still scary to be a Black man and woman in America encountering police.

2. Derek Chauvin:

   It's not the proper analysis because the 9 minutes and 29 seconds ignores the previous 16 minutes and 59 seconds. It completely disregards it, human behavior is unpredictable, and nobody knows it better than a police officer.

3. Yell County Sheriff Bill Gilkey:

   He was an extraordinary example of what a law enforcement officer should be, he had a great work ethic. He was fair-minded.

4. Jim McKinney:

   She told the officer that it was her husband's dream to become a Jim McKinney citizen, but unfortunately, he passed away before he could do so, so she is becoming a citizen for both of them.

5. Patrick Lynch:

   Officer Daniel Pantaleo's a model of what we want a police officer to be, officer Daniel Pantaleo's a mature, mature police officer, motivated by serving the community. Officer Daniel Pantaleo literally is Officer Daniel Pantaleo.