Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

The word "official" can be used as adjective, adjective and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

unofficial unofficial

Capable Of

present award to citizen time heat

Derived Terms

Facebook official Official IRA antiofficial co-official counterofficial ex-official extraofficial fourth official inofficial isation ization ize non-official nonofficial official at-bat official cover official gazette official language official mark official passport official scorer officialate officialdom officialese officialhood officialise officialism officialist officiality officially officialness officialship officialty preofficial semi-official subofficial subofficial television match official underofficial video official

Distinct From

nonofficial

Context

church service

Part Of (Holonyms)

board of appeals church clergy embassy government hierarchy mandarinate officialdom officialism

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adjudicator person skilled worker trained worker

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Excellency Lord Nirgunty Regent Remembrancer Surgeon General Verderer abbreviator aedile agha amban ambassador apostle archbishop archdeacon attache auditor augur babu beadle bishop bureaucrat burgomaster cardinal censor chaplain city father cocket writer commissar commissioner consul coroner cyberczar czarocrat dean debite diocesan diplomat district attorney ecclesiarch echage educrat elector executioner fed federal fire marshal fiscal foreign minister fourth official functionary gauleiter goal umpire gonfalonier governor governor general governor-general grasseater harbormaster harbourmaster herald inquisitor inspector general interrex jefe político jobster judge jurat kimarite-gakari lame duck logothete mayor mayoress mehmandar metropolitan minister mirza moneyer muqaddam ombudsman palatine pastophorus patwari paymaster pope postulator praetor prefect prelate president primate prime minister proctor prytanis prætor public officer quaestor reeve regarder returning officer reve revisor senator sexton sheriff silentiary subdean suffragan syndic tenderpreneur treasurer tribune truant officer tsar vakil vicepresident vizier warden yeoman

Type Of (IsA)

adjudicator skilled worker

Related Terms

dignitary office officer officiate ruler

Related Terms

authorized doubt office officer officiality officiate officinal real true

Similar Terms

accredited authorised authoritative authoritative authorized commissioned confirmed confirmed constituted established established ex officio ex officio formal formal formalised formalised formalized licenced licensed regular semiofficial semiofficial

Synonym Network

authorized prescribed

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