Synonyms for unofficial
un·of·fi·cial

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1. unofficialadjective

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

   Antonyms:
   official

2. unofficialadjective

   Not officially established.

   the unofficial results of the ballot

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

   Antonyms:
   official

3. unofficialadjective

   Not acting with official authority.

   an unofficial adviser

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

   Antonyms:
   official

4. unofficialadjective

   Not listed in a national pharmacopeia &c.

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

   Antonyms:
   official

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. unofficialadjective

   not having official authority or sanction

   "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity"

   Antonyms:
   authoritative, formalized, authorised, confirmed, semiofficial, official, formalised, ex officio, formal, authorized

2. unofficialadjective

   not officially established

   "the early election returns are unofficial"

   Antonyms:
   confirmed, official, authorized, authoritative, authorised, formal, formalized, ex officio, semiofficial, formalised

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1. List of paraphrases for "unofficial":

   non-official, informal, non-formal, non-formalized, semi-official, semiofficial

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1. John Mashburn:

   I agreed to answer questions from bipartisan House staff in any officially authorized meeting or interview as I have already done for two Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees committees, rep. Schiff's staff actually gave less than 60 minutes notice to committee Republicans regarding both the existence of and the opportunity to attend this unofficial, unauthorized meeting of Democrat only members. This was not what had been agreed to from the beginning between the respective attorneys, so we declined to appear.

2. Mike Pompeo:

   The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. ... Today’s statement recognizes that the U.S.-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy.

3. Vladimir Kara-Murza:

   This meeting in Trump Tower in the summer of 2016 was just another illustration that they're ready to do any avenues, any methods to try to get to this goal, including using unofficial proxies.

4. Alex Padilla:

   Despite their client's rhetoric in the press, we've been in communication with legal counsel for the California Republican Party and they have committed to a number of significant concessions in their ballot collection activities, among other things, they will not make available or condone the use of unstaffed, unsecured unofficial ballot drop boxes.

5. Harshad Ajmera:

   Just to save 1 percent, some customers were earlier buying gold without receipts. With the 3-percent GST, now many more will be tempted to make unofficial purchases from small jewelers.