Synonyms 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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officialnoun

   Synonyms:
   administrative, authoritative, negotiative, functional, professional

   Antonyms:
   private, unofficial, unprofessional

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1. official, functionarynoun

   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. officialadjective

   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. officialadjective

   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. officialadjective

   of or relating to an office

   "official privileges"

   Synonyms:
   prescribed

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

5. officialadjective

   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, prescribedadjective

   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. officialadjective

   (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

Matched Categories

1. • Church
   • Skilled Worker

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officialadjective

   Synonyms:
   authoritative, by authority

2. officialnoun

   Synonyms:
   functionary, officer, magistrate

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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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1. Joseph Abate:

   The fact that balances in these programs are swelling is an indication that money funds, non-U.S. official institutions, and the government state enterprises are struggling to find assets with returns above 0%, and as their cash holdings increase, they have few investment alternatives outside the Fed’s balance sheet.

2. Mark Stys:

   The area in which they operate geographically, there are a lot of ways to move oil to avoid the official channels … you also got the need in the areas they control to provide power, oil, gasoline so I think there are many users.

3. Shen Jianguang:

   The only thing that could deter this is if the U.S. led a group rejecting the yuan's inclusion, which could complicate things. But the United States' current official stance doesn't reflect such an attitude.

4. James Anderson:

   The fact that she will be delivering this message as the senior U.S. official in Munich is unlikely to carry any extra weight, however, she is relatively unknown among allied leaders and diplomats who will gather in Munich.

5. John Hospers:

   By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments. The major crimes throughout history, the ones executed on the largest scale, have been committed not by individuals or bands of individuals but by governments, as a deliberate policy of those governments, that is, by the official representatives of governments, acting in their official capacity.