Antonyms 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

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1. officialnoun

   Antonyms:
   private, unofficial, unprofessional

   Synonyms:
   administrative, authoritative, negotiative, functional, professional

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1. • Church
   • Skilled Worker

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. official, functionarynoun

   a worker who holds or is invested with an office

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

   Synonyms:
   functionary

2. officialadjective

   someone who administers the rules of a game or sport

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

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

   Synonyms:
   functionary

3. officialadjective

   having official authority or sanction

   "official permission"; "an official representative"

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

   Synonyms:
   prescribed

4. officialadjective

   of or relating to an office

   "official privileges"

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

   Synonyms:
   prescribed

5. officialadjective

   verified officially

   "the election returns are now official"

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

   Synonyms:
   prescribed

6. official, prescribedadjective

   conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline

   "in prescribed order"

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

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, ordained, appointed, positive, decreed

7. officialadjective

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

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

   Synonyms:
   prescribed

How to use official in a sentence?

1. Stuart Culverhouse:

   That said, if the exit polls are confirmed in the official vote count, we would expect Zelenskiy to be put under greater pressure in the run-up to the second round to flesh out his policy agenda.

2. Andrew Wheeler:

   As far as the 2018 applications we have not received the official applications from DOE yet, we're expecting those any day now, probably the next couple of days.

3. Kenya Scott Gration:

   I did all my official business on the State Department communications system. I supplemented it with my personal e-mail, but it was never a security issue, i have a background in secure communications. I know what is right and what is wrong. I did everything correctly, and I have nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to hide.

4. Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly:

   Yes, I saw the email and backed off Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin. I didn't have to, but I respect NASA, NASA's position and the( official) that sent it.

5. Olivier Jakob from Petromatrix consultancy:

   The production freeze can therefore be seen as an un-official way for Saudi Arabia to make some room for the restart of the Iranian exports.

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