What's The Definition Of Official?
[n] someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
[n] a worker who holds or is invested with an office
[adj] having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative"
[adj] verified officially; "the election returns are now official"
[adj] (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
[adj] conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order"
[adj] of or relating to an office; "official privileges"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Official: authorised |
authoritative |
authorized |
confirmed |
constituted |
established |
ex officio |
formal |
formalised |
formalized |
functionary |
prescribed |
regular |
semiofficial
Related Terms | Find terms related to Official: absolute |
accepted |
accredited |
administrative |
administrator |
agent |
amanuensis |
apparently |
approved |
archon |
aristocratic |
ascendant |
authentic |
authoritarian |
authoritative |
authorized |
autocratic |
autonomous |
baggage agent |
binding |
bona fide |
booked |
bureaucrat |
bureaucratic |
business agent |
canonical |
cathedral |
ceremonial |
ceremonious |
certified |
chancellor |
chief executive |
chief executive officer |
civic |
civil |
civil servant |
claim agent |
cleared |
clerk |
clothed with authority |
commanding |
commercial agent |
commission agent |
competent |
consequential |
considerable |
consignee |
constitutional |
controlling |
customer agent |
dean |
decorous |
democratic |
despotic |
dictated |
dictatorial |
didactic |
directing |
documented |
dominant |
down |
duly constituted |
dupe |
eminent |
empowered |
endorsed |
enrolled |
entered |
evidently |
ex cathedra |
ex officio |
exec |
executive |
executive director |
executive officer |
executive secretary |
factor |
fascist |
fed |
Federal |
federal agent |
federalist |
federalistic |
filed |
formal |
formulary |
freight agent |
functional |
functionary |
functionnaire |
general agent |
governing |
governmental |
great |
gubernatorial |
hard and fast |
hegemonic |
hegemonistic |
heteronomous |
imperative |
implement |
important |
indexed |
industrial |
influential |
inscribed |
instructive |
instrument |
insurance agent |
jack-in-office |
land agent |
law agent |
lawful |
leading |
legal |
legitimate |
licensed |
literary agent |
loan agent |
logged |
magisterial |
magistrate |
management |
manager |
managing |
managing director |
mandarin |
mandatory |
matriarchal |
matriarchic |
mighty |
ministerial |
minuted |
momentous |
monarchal |
monarchial |
monarchic |
monocratic |
news agent |
of record |
office-bearer |
officeholder |
officer |
officially |
officiary |
oligarchal |
oligarchic |
on file |
on record |
on the books |
outwardly |
parliamentarian |
parliamentary |
parliamentary agent |
passenger agent |
patriarchal |
patriarchic |
petty tyrant |
placeman |
pluralistic |
political |
pompous |
posted |
potent |
powerful |
preceptive |
preeminent |
prefect |
prescribed |
prescript |
prescriptive |
president |
press agent |
prestigious |
prexy |
pro |
professedly |
professional |
prominent |
proper |
provost |
public official |
public servant |
puissant |
puppet |
purchasing agent |
ranking |
real estate agent |
received |
recognized |
recorded |
red-tapist |
registered |
regulation |
republican |
ritualistic |
rubric |
ruling |
sales agent |
sanctioned |
secretary |
seemingly |
seemly |
self-governing |
senior |
solemn |
special agent |
standard |
station agent |
statutory |
steward |
stiff |
substantial |
superior |
supervisory |
supreme |
technical |
the administration |
theatrical agent |
theocratic |
ticket agent |
tool |
totalitarian |
travel agent |
treasurer |
true |
valid |
verified |
vice-chancellor |
vice-president |
vocational |
walking delegate |
warden |
weighty |
written down
See Also | adjudicator |
administrative official |
agent |
appointee |
bailiff |
beadle |
bureaucrat |
caretaker |
censor |
census taker |
church officer |
city father |
civil servant |
commissar |
Comptroller General |
Comptroller of the Currency |
diplomat |
diplomatist |
dispatcher |
doorkeeper |
elected official |
enumerator |
equerry |
federal agent |
fire marshall |
fire warden |
football official |
forest fire fighter |
hangover |
hearing examiner |
hearing officer |
holdover |
incumbent |
Inquisitor |
invalidator |
judge |
jurist |
justice |
licenser |
linesman |
mace |
macebearer |
macer |
magistrate |
mandarin |
notary |
notary public |
noticer |
nullifier |
officeholder |
officer |
political commissar |
postmaster general |
proconsul |
prosecuting attorney |
prosecuting officer |
prosecutor |
public prosecutor |
quaestor |
ranger |
recorder |
record-keeper |
recruiter |
ref |
referee |
registrar |
regulator |
returning officer |
scorekeeper |
scorer |
sealer |
searcher |
skilled worker |
starter |
teller |
timekeeper |
timer |
town clerk |
trained worker |
ump |
umpire |
usher |
vizier |
voider |
vote counter |
weigher
Official In Webster's Dictionary
\Of*fi"cial\, a. [L. officialis: cf. F. officiel. See
{Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as,
official duties, or routine.
That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do
meet the senate. --Shak.
2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the
proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of
authority; as, an official statement or report.
3. (Pharm.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the
pharmacop[oe]ia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an
official drug or preparation. Cf. {Officinal}.
4. Discharging an office or function. [Obs.]
The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition.
--Sir T.
Browne.
\Of*fi"cial\, n. [L. officialis a magistrate's servant
or attendant: cf.F. official. See {Official}, a., and cf.
{Officer}.]
1. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive
officer or attendant.
2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter,
archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual
jurisdiction. --Blackstone.
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