What is another word for official?
Synonyms for official
əˈfɪʃ əlof·fi·cial
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word official.
Wiktionary
officialnoun
Antonyms:
unofficialofficialnoun
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
David Barnes was the official charged with the running of the sports club.
Antonyms:
unofficialofficialadjective
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:
unofficialofficialadjective
Antonyms:
unofficialofficialadjective
an official drug or preparation
Antonyms:
unofficialofficialadjective
Antonyms:
unofficialofficialadjective
Antonyms:
unofficialofficialadjective
Antonyms:
unofficial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
officialnoun
Synonyms:
administrative, authoritative, negotiative, functional, professionalAntonyms:
private, unofficial, unprofessional
Princeton's WordNet
official, functionarynoun
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Synonyms:
functionaryAntonyms:
unconfirmed, summary, unauthorised, unauthorized, irregular, loose, wildcat, unofficial, unsanctioned, unestablished, informal, drumheadofficialadjective
someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
"the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
Synonyms:
functionaryAntonyms:
informal, wildcat, summary, drumhead, irregular, unauthorized, unestablished, unconfirmed, unauthorised, unofficial, unsanctioned, looseofficialadjective
having official authority or sanction
"official permission"; "an official representative"
Synonyms:
prescribedAntonyms:
unsanctioned, unconfirmed, summary, unauthorized, unofficial, loose, unestablished, drumhead, unauthorised, informal, wildcat, irregularofficialadjective
of or relating to an office
"official privileges"
Synonyms:
prescribedAntonyms:
unsanctioned, unauthorised, wildcat, unconfirmed, unauthorized, irregular, drumhead, unofficial, informal, summary, loose, unestablishedofficialadjective
verified officially
"the election returns are now official"
Synonyms:
prescribedAntonyms:
unauthorised, unofficial, unestablished, irregular, loose, drumhead, summary, unauthorized, wildcat, unconfirmed, unsanctioned, informalofficial, prescribedadjective
conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
"in prescribed order"
Synonyms:
prescribed, ordained, appointed, positive, decreedAntonyms:
unestablished, unauthorised, informal, unauthorized, unconfirmed, unofficial, wildcat, drumhead, loose, summary, unsanctioned, irregularofficialadjective
(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
Synonyms:
prescribedAntonyms:
irregular, loose, unsanctioned, unestablished, summary, unofficial, unauthorised, unauthorized, unconfirmed, drumhead, wildcat, informal
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
officialadjective
Synonyms:
authoritative, by authorityofficialnoun
Synonyms:
functionary, officer, magistrate
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Official":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#162 | public | |
#635 | professional | |
#681 | journal | |
#770 | official | |
#1237 | responsible | |
#1441 | agent | |
#1467 | positive | |
#1697 | officer | |
#1792 | employee | |
#1954 | functional | |
#2106 | administrative | |
#2162 | languages | |
#2639 | officials | |
#2749 | officers | |
#2896 | newspaper | |
#3408 | formal | |
#4102 | appointed | |
#4219 | crown | |
#4586 | diary | |
#5770 | statutory | |
#6360 | prescribed | |
#7611 | officially | |
#10736 | formally | |
#10846 | servant | |
#15906 | authoritative | |
#21695 | ordained | |
#24854 | solemn | |
#35225 | offical | |
#37280 | formalized | |
#40902 | decreed | |
#44641 | oficial | |
#61226 | officiel | |
#85778 | ufficiale | |
#122015 | functionary | |
#151901 | officielle | |
#160909 | officielles | |
#177154 | oficiales |
How to use official in a sentence?
The DNC’s claim that they did not use the information given to them by Ukrainian government official is preposterous and a bad excuse for breaking the law, the bottom line is a paid member of the DNC went to greath lengths to actively seek out opposition research on the Trump campaign from a foreign government and for that they should be held accountable.
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.
Even though things can be kind of busy, they've invested in seeing me grow as a physician and that has been a tremendously helpful experience, now that it's in the rearview mirror, I'm just super happy that I got this experience because, you know, I got my feet wet. I now have this whole list of things that I want to review before( the official start of residency).
Blow:
George The official toxicity limit for humans is between one and one and half grams of cocaine depending on body weight. I was averaging five grams a day, maybe more. I snorted ten grams in ten minutes once. I guess I had a high tolerance.
For a living language, the only constant is change, official Scrabble Players Dictionary evolves to keep up with English as Official Scrabble Players Dictionary is used today.
Translations for official
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- مسؤول, مسئول, رسميArabic
- rəsmiAzerbaijani
- рәсмиBashkir
- службо́вая асо́баBelarusian
- oficial, funcionariCatalan, Valencian
- funkcionář, oficiálníCzech
- Beamter, dienstlich, Beamtin, amtlich, offiziellGerman
- αξιωματούχος, επίσημος, υπηρεσιακόςGreek
- oficialaEsperanto
- oficial, funcionarioSpanish
- virallinen, virkamies, virkailija, toimihenkilö, tuomari, viranomainen, toimitsija, virkaFinnish
- fonctionnaire, officiel, cadreFrench
- आधिकारिक, अधिकारीHindi
- tisztviselő, hivatalnok, hivatali, hivatalosHungarian
- պաշտոնյաArmenian
- resmiIndonesian
- ufficialeItalian
- רשמיHebrew
- 公式, 役員, 公のJapanese
- 공무원, 공식Korean
- officialLatin
- āpihaMāori
- pegawaiMalay
- uffiċjaliMaltese
- ambtenaar, beambte, functionaris, officieel, ambtelijkDutch
- offisiellNorwegian
- wááshindoonNavajo, Navaho
- oficial, funcionárioPortuguese
- funcționară oficială, oficial, funcționar oficialRomanian
- официальный, чино́вник, официа́льное лицо́, должностно́й, служе́бный, слу́жащий, официа́льныйRussian
- urádenSlovene
- zyrtarAlbanian
- tjänstemanSwedish
- rasmiSwahili
- அதிகாரிTamil
- resmîTurkish
- службо́вка, службо́ва осо́ба, службо́вець, урядо́ва осо́ба, чино́вникUkrainian
- chánh thứcVietnamese
- officialYiddish
Get even more translations for official »
Translation
Find a translation for the official synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"official." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/official>.
Discuss these official synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In