Synonyms for official
əˈfɪʃ əlof·fi·cial

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1. officialnoun

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

2. officialnoun

   Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.

   David Barnes was the official charged with the running of the sports club.

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

3. officialadjective

   Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority

   an official statement or report

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

4. officialadjective

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

5. officialadjective

   an official drug or preparation

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

6. officialadjective

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

7. officialadjective

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

8. officialadjective

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officialnoun

   Synonyms:
   administrative, authoritative, negotiative, functional, professional

   Antonyms:
   private, unofficial, unprofessional

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1. official, functionarynoun

   a worker who holds or is invested with an office

   Synonyms:
   functionary

   Antonyms:
   unconfirmed, summary, unauthorised, unauthorized, irregular, loose, wildcat, unofficial, unsanctioned, unestablished, informal, drumhead

2. officialadjective

   someone who administers the rules of a game or sport

   "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

   Synonyms:
   functionary

   Antonyms:
   informal, wildcat, summary, drumhead, irregular, unauthorized, unestablished, unconfirmed, unauthorised, unofficial, unsanctioned, loose

3. officialadjective

   having official authority or sanction

   "official permission"; "an official representative"

   Synonyms:
   prescribed

   Antonyms:
   unsanctioned, unconfirmed, summary, unauthorized, unofficial, loose, unestablished, drumhead, unauthorised, informal, wildcat, irregular

4. officialadjective

   of or relating to an office

   "official privileges"

   Synonyms:
   prescribed

   Antonyms:
   unsanctioned, unauthorised, wildcat, unconfirmed, unauthorized, irregular, drumhead, unofficial, informal, summary, loose, unestablished

5. officialadjective

   verified officially

   "the election returns are now official"

   Synonyms:
   prescribed

   Antonyms:
   unauthorised, unofficial, unestablished, irregular, loose, drumhead, summary, unauthorized, wildcat, unconfirmed, unsanctioned, informal

6. official, prescribedadjective

   conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline

   "in prescribed order"

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, ordained, appointed, positive, decreed

   Antonyms:
   unestablished, unauthorised, informal, unauthorized, unconfirmed, unofficial, wildcat, drumhead, loose, summary, unsanctioned, irregular

7. officialadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   prescribed

   Antonyms:
   irregular, loose, unsanctioned, unestablished, summary, unofficial, unauthorised, unauthorized, unconfirmed, drumhead, wildcat, informal

Matched Categories

1. • Church
   • Skilled Worker

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officialadjective

   Synonyms:
   authoritative, by authority

2. officialnoun

   Synonyms:
   functionary, officer, magistrate

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1. List of paraphrases for "official":

   formal, officer, journal, officially, officers, formally, oficial, officials, officiel, public, ufficiale, officielle, officielles, formalized, offical, solemn, agent, oficiales, crown, statutory, state-run, newspaper, authoritative, diary, responsible, servant, languages, employee

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1. List of known nicknames for "Official":

   Sam King

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How to use official in a sentence?

1. Frank Graves:

   The official debates are going to be the big enchilada, perhaps more so than for any national debates in our history.

2. Jake Sullivan:

   We assess an official Russian delegation recently received a showcase of Iranian attack-capable UAVs. We are releasing these images captured in June showing Iranian UAVs that the Russian government delegation saw that day, this suggests ongoing Russian interest in acquiring Iranian attack-capable UAVs.

3. Paul Sullivan:

   Any senior military official involved in such obvious corrosive corruption should be court martialed and tossed in jail especially in a perilous environment such as that which Iraq is facing, the regular people and the lower ranks are hurt the most by the corruption of the leaders.

4. Ron Nesen:

   Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source.

5. Ibrahim Hooper:

   This is an extremely old issue that has been circulated endlessly on anti-Muslim hate sites and it’s a bit surprising to see an elected official promoting these kinds of Islamophobic smears.