Definition for Functionary:

• One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.

Synonyms for Functionary:

• n.

  •
  • assemblyman,
  • assemblywoman,
  • chief executive,
  • alderwoman,
  • chief minister,
  • alderman,
  • chancellor of the exchequer,
  • cabinet minister.
  •agent (noun)
  • delegate,
  • assignees,
  • advocate,
  • assistant,
  • actor,
  • Operators,
  • attorney,
  • principal,
  • lawyer,
  • deputy,
  • assignee,
  • operator,
  • middleperson,
  • go-between,
  • ambassador,
  • mover,
  • intermediary,
  • ten percenter,
  • doer,
  • envoy,
  • executors,
  • steward,
  • emissary,
  • operative,
  • Functionaries,
  • promoter,
  • operatives,
  • commissioner,
  • substitute,
  • servant,
  • factotum,
  • handlers,
  • mediary,
  • abettor,
  • worker,
  • functionary,
  • movers,
  • proctor,
  • negotiator,
  • representative,
  • gobetween,
  • factor,
  • executor,
  • Intermediaries,
  • surrogate,
  • handler,
  • broker,
  • salesperson,
  • minister,
  • proxy.
  •assistant (noun)
  • ancillary,
  • subordinate,
  • aide-de-camp,
  • auxiliary,
  • benefactor,
  • acolyte,
  • henchman,
  • menial,
  • flunky,
  • junior,
  • chaperone,
  • aide,
  • helper,
  • laborer,
  • lieutenant,
  • hireling,
  • Aider,
  • follower,
  • employee,
  • second,
  • helpmate,
  • backer,
  • adjunct,
  • minion,
  • accessory,
  • partner,
  • stooge,
  • accomplice,
  • underling,
  • attendant,
  • associate,
  • patsy,
  • extra.
  •bureaucrat (noun)
  • officeholders,
  • civil servant,
  • office-holder,
  • public servant,
  • desk-jockey,
  • administrator,
  • office holder,
  • politicians,
  • pencil-pusher,
  • politician.
  •custodian (noun)
  • custodian,
  • overseer,
  • manager,
  • warder,
  • governor,
  • guardian,
  • commandant,
  • turnkey,
  • jailer,
  • gamekeeper,
  • curator,
  • guard,
  • keeper,
  • warden,
  • caretaker,
  • ranger.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • agent,
  • bureaucrat,
  • chancellor,
  • mayor,
  • officeholder,
  • officer,
  • official,
  • panjandrum,
  • skilled worker,
  • top brass,
  • top dog,
  • trained worker,
  • higher up,
  • officers,
  • mayors,
  • premiers,
  • CEOS,
  • skilled workman,
  • chancellors,
  • head person,
  • organization administrator,
  • panjandrums,
  • top drawer.
  •Other relevant words:
  • workaholic,
  • MSP,
  • MWA,
  • private member,
  • private secretary,
  • sitting member,
  • permanent secretary,
  • senior statesman,
  • the opposition.

Paraphrases for Functionary:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    official.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    officer.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    functional, job-related.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    bureaucrat.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    servant, employee.

Functionary Sentence Examples:

• In order that in your simplicity you may not mistake the importance of this moment, I will relate an anecdote of what lately occurred at a dinner given by an English functionary in Holland.

• The functionary had withdrawn in order to conduct the queen, the children, and the king's sister from the upper tower.

Hypernym for Functionary:

• n.

  • person
    hearing examiner, enumerator, nullifier, diplomat, returning officer, appointee, diplomatist, provincial, invalidator, city father, macebearer, Fire Marshall, postmaster general, forest fire fighter, bailiff, apparatchik, vote counter, voider, jurist, inquisitor, elected official, political commissar, licenser, teller, federal agent, prosecuting attorney, officer, searcher, notary, equerry, hearing officer, doorkeeper, ranger, hangover, quaestor, judge, record-keeper, caretaker, incumbent, comptroller of the currency, mace, proconsul, vizier, sealer, civil servant, weigher, registrar, census taker, noticer, prosecuting officer, town clerk, usher, holdover, church officer, beadle, justice, prosecutor, fire warden, administrative official, regulator, notary public, censor, officeholder, macer, recorder, mandarin, agent, recruiter, public prosecutor, comptroller general, commissar, bureaucrat.

Hyponym for Functionary:

• n.

  • person
    trained worker, skilled workman, skilled worker.