English adjective: official |
| 1. | official having official authority or sanction |
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| Samples | Official permission.
An official representative.
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| Similar | authorised, authoritative, authorized, ex officio, formal, formalised, formalized, semiofficial |
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| See also | authorised, authorized |
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| Antonyms | unofficial |
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| 2. | official of or relating to an office |
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| Samples | Official privileges.
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| 3. | official verified officially |
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| Samples | The election returns are now official.
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| Similar | confirmed |
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| Antonyms | unconfirmed |
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| 4. | official conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline |
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| Samples | In prescribed order.
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| Synonyms | prescribed |
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| Similar | regular |
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| Antonyms | irregular |
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| 5. | official (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution |
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| Similar | constituted, established |
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| Domain category | church, church service |
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| Antonyms | unestablished |
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English noun: official |
| 1. | official (person) a worker who holds or is invested with an office |
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| Synonyms | functionary |
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| Broader (hypernym) | skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | administrative official, agent, apparatchik, appointee, bailiff, beadle, bureaucrat, caretaker, censor, census taker, church officer, city father, civil servant, commissar, Comptroller General, Comptroller of the Currency, diplomat, diplomatist, doorkeeper, elected official, enumerator, equerry, federal agent, fire marshall, fire warden, forest fire fighter, hangover, hearing examiner, hearing officer, holdover, incumbent, Inquisitor, invalidator, judge, jurist, justice, licenser, mace, macebearer, macer, mandarin, notary, notary public, noticer, nullifier, officeholder, officeholder, officer, political commissar, postmaster general, proconsul, prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, provincial, public prosecutor, quaestor, ranger, record-keeper, recorder, recruiter, registrar, regulator, returning officer, sealer, searcher, teller, town clerk, usher, vizier, voider, vote counter, weigher |
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| 2. | official (person) someone who administers the rules of a game or sport |
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| Samples | The golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling.
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| Broader (hypernym) | adjudicator |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | dispatcher, football official, linesman, ref, referee, scorekeeper, scorer, starter, timekeeper, timer, ump, umpire |
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