Synonyms for official
əˈfɪʃ əl

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. official, functionary(noun)

   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. official(adj)

   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. official(adj)

   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. official(adj)

   of or relating to an office

   "official privileges"

   Synonyms:
   prescribed

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

5. official(adj)

   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, prescribed(adj)

   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. official(adj)

   (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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. official(noun)

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

2. official(noun)

   Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.

   official duties

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

3. official(adjective)

   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. official(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

5. official(adjective)

   an official drug or preparation

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

6. official(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

7. official(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

8. official(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   unofficial

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. official(n)

   Synonyms:
   administrative, authoritative, negotiative, functional, professional

   Antonyms:
   private, unofficial, unprofessional

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. official(a.)

   Synonyms:
   authoritative, by authority

2. official(n.)

   Synonyms:
   functionary, officer, magistrate

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

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. Zayya Lwin:

   They asked me to come along to the police station, but I refused and told them to send me an official letter laying out the charges.

2. Police Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha:

   We had our first release of a deceased person, official release last evening.

3. Steve Wang:

   It may be the debris of MH370, but I think I'd rather wait for the official confirmation, we've had so many false alarms since the plane went missing.

4. Christian Kruger:

   There is nothing more dangerous for a country than not to know who is within its borders. Shutting the frontier and demanding official documents from a population that is fleeing a dictatorship because of hunger and want only incentivizes irregularities.

5. Joe Pentangelo:

   Supposedly he took her into another area using his official position, being in uniform, and she thought it was a part of his official duty.

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