OFFICIAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
   Usage Example(s)
   • the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling
   Hypernyms(s) official is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • adjudicator (what does adjudicator mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • football official (what does football official mean?)
   • linesman (what does linesman mean?)
   • referee (what does referee mean?)
   • ref (what does ref mean?)
   • scorekeeper (what does scorekeeper mean?)
   • scorer (what does scorer mean?)
   • starter (what does starter mean?)
   • dispatcher (what does dispatcher mean?)
   • timekeeper (what does timekeeper mean?)
   • timer (what does timer mean?)
   • umpire (what does umpire mean?)
   • ump (what does ump mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a worker who holds or is invested with an office
   Synonym(s)
   • functionary (what does functionary mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) official is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • skilled worker (what does skilled worker mean?)
   • trained worker (what does trained worker mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • appointee (what does appointee mean?)
   • bailiff (what does bailiff mean?)
   • beadle (what does beadle mean?)
   • bureaucrat (what does bureaucrat mean?)
   • administrative official (what does administrative official mean?)
   • caretaker (what does caretaker mean?)
   • censor (what does censor mean?)
   • census taker (what does census taker mean?)
   • enumerator (what does enumerator mean?)
   • church officer (what does church officer mean?)
   • city father (what does city father mean?)
   • civil servant (what does civil servant mean?)
   • commissar (what does commissar mean?)
   • political commissar (what does political commissar mean?)
   • Comptroller General (what does Comptroller General mean?)
   • Comptroller of the Currency (what does Comptroller of the Currency mean?)
   • diplomat (what does diplomat mean?)
   • diplomatist (what does diplomatist mean?)
   • elected official (what does elected official mean?)
   • equerry (what does equerry mean?)
   • fire marshall (what does fire marshall mean?)
   • fire warden (what does fire warden mean?)
   • forest fire fighter (what does forest fire fighter mean?)
   • ranger (what does ranger mean?)
   • hearing examiner (what does hearing examiner mean?)
   • hearing officer (what does hearing officer mean?)
   • holdover (what does holdover mean?)
   • hangover (what does hangover mean?)
   • incumbent (what does incumbent mean?)
   • officeholder (what does officeholder mean?)
   • Inquisitor (what does Inquisitor mean?)
   • invalidator (what does invalidator mean?)
   • voider (what does voider mean?)
   • nullifier (what does nullifier mean?)
   • judge (what does judge mean?)
   • justice (what does justice mean?)
   • jurist (what does jurist mean?)
   • magistrate (what does magistrate mean?)
   • licenser (what does licenser mean?)
   • macebearer (what does macebearer mean?)
   • mace (what does mace mean?)
   • macer (what does macer mean?)
   • mandarin (what does mandarin mean?)
   • notary (what does notary mean?)
   • notary public (what does notary public mean?)
   • noticer (what does noticer mean?)
   • officeholder (what does officeholder mean?)
   • officer (what does officer mean?)
   • agent (what does agent mean?)
   • federal agent (what does federal agent mean?)
   • provincial (what does provincial mean?)
   • postmaster general (what does postmaster general mean?)
   • proconsul (what does proconsul mean?)
   • prosecutor (what does prosecutor mean?)
   • public prosecutor (what does public prosecutor mean?)
   • prosecuting officer (what does prosecuting officer mean?)
   • prosecuting attorney (what does prosecuting attorney mean?)
   • quaestor (what does quaestor mean?)
   • recruiter (what does recruiter mean?)
   • registrar (what does registrar mean?)
   • record-keeper (what does record-keeper mean?)
   • recorder (what does recorder mean?)
   • regulator (what does regulator mean?)
   • returning officer (what does returning officer mean?)
   • sealer (what does sealer mean?)
   • searcher (what does searcher mean?)
   • teller (what does teller mean?)
   • vote counter (what does vote counter mean?)
   • town clerk (what does town clerk mean?)
   • usher (what does usher mean?)
   • doorkeeper (what does doorkeeper mean?)
   • vizier (what does vizier mean?)
   • weigher (what does weigher mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • officiate (what does officiate mean?)
   • function (what does function mean?)

OFFICIAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having official authority or sanction
   Usage Example(s)
   • official permission
   • an official representative
   Antonym(s)
   • unofficial (what does unofficial mean?)
   Similar To
   • authoritative (what does authoritative mean?)
   • authorized (what does authorized mean?)
   • authorised (what does authorised mean?)
   • ex officio (what does ex officio mean?)
   • formal (what does formal mean?)
   • formalized (what does formalized mean?)
   • formalised (what does formalised mean?)
   • semiofficial (what does semiofficial mean?)
   See Also
   • authorized (what does authorized mean?)
   • authorised (what does authorised mean?)
2. Meaning
   • verified officially
   Usage Example(s)
   • the election returns are now official
   Similar To
   • confirmed (what does confirmed mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
   Similar To
   • established (what does established mean?)
   • constituted (what does constituted mean?)
4. Meaning
   • conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
   Synonym(s)
   • prescribed (what does prescribed mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • in prescribed order
   Similar To
   • regular (what does regular mean?)
5. Meaning
   • of or relating to an office
   Usage Example(s)
   • official privileges
   Pertainym(s)
   • agency (what does agency mean?)
   • federal agency (what does federal agency mean?)
   • government agency (what does government agency mean?)
   • bureau (what does bureau mean?)
   • office (what does office mean?)
   • authority (what does authority mean?)