Official language

Synonyms for "official language" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
authorized languagedesignated language
Adjective(1 words)
directive language

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
formal languagegovernment languagegovernmental adjective

Related words (6)

Noun(6 words)
national languageofficial stylestandard languagestandard registerstate languagezoning code document

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

3 entries
languagelanguage policylinguistic standard

More specific

10 entries
academic registeradministrative languagebureaucratic languagecourt languagelegal languagenational languageofficial dialectregional languagestate languageworking language

Collocations

11 entries
designated languageformal languageofficial communicationsofficial documentsofficial language actofficial language educationofficial language policyofficial language rightsofficial language statusofficial language useofficial records

Inflections

3 entries
more officialmost officialofficial languages

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A lot of multilingual countries promote an official language, but the United States has never done so with English. In fact, the US has no official language.

Source: wiktionary

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order naming English the official language of the United States.

Source: wiktionary