Definition for Official:

• Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.

Synonyms for Official:

• adj.

  •approved (adjective)
  • authorized.
  •authorized (adjective)
  • endorsed,
  • licit,
  • approved,
  • ordered.
  •authorized, legitimate (adjective)
  • definite,
  • authoritative,
  • okay,
  • licensed,
  • certified,
  • cathedral,
  • real,
  • authenticated,
  • valid,
  • established,
  • ex officio,
  • ceremonious,
  • cleared,
  • decisive,
  • positive,
  • accredited,
  • correct,
  • rightful,
  • decided,
  • formal.
  •governmental (adjective)
  • gubernatorial,
  • political.
  •judicial (adjective)
  • Administerial,
  • legal,
  • magisterial,
  • judicial,
  • judiciary.

• n.

  •
  • ceremonial,
  • precise,
  • associate,
  • fitting,
  • assistant,
  • informal,
  • fit,
  • suitable,
  • collegiate,
  • antisocial,
  • cooperative,
  • accepted,
  • recognized,
  • unceremonious,
  • customary,
  • befitting,
  • clerical,
  • adjunct,
  • proper,
  • collaborative,
  • casual,
  • conventional.
  •
  • desperate,
  • over,
  • authority,
  • hostile,
  • lamely,
  • attempted,
  • limp,
  • commemorative,
  • maiden,
  • amateur,
  • lame.
  •
  • director,
  • auxiliary,
  • commuter,
  • cowboy,
  • ancillary,
  • breadwinner,
  • apparatchik.
  •
  • true.
  •
  • congressional,
  • interior,
  • expansionist,
  • imperialist,
  • nongovernmental,
  • developmental,
  • constitutional,
  • hawkish.
  •
  • feckless,
  • unsteady,
  • suspect,
  • unstable,
  • ditzy,
  • inconsistent,
  • flimsy,
  • untrustworthy.
  •business (noun)
  • management.
  •custodian (noun)
  • gamekeeper,
  • ranger,
  • caretaker,
  • warden,
  • guard,
  • warder,
  • guardian,
  • commandant,
  • keeper,
  • custodian,
  • curator,
  • proctor,
  • steward,
  • governor,
  • turnkey,
  • jailer,
  • overseer.
  •dignitary (noun)
  • luminary,
  • big gun.
  •director (noun)
  • regent.
  •person representing organization (noun)
  • comptroller,
  • treasurer.
  •treasurer (noun)
  • bookkeeper,
  • cashier,
  • accountant,
  • bursar,
  • lender,
  • banker,
  • trustee,
  • financier,
  • loaner,
  • moneylender,
  • auditor,
  • teller.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • declared,
  • notary,
  • avowed,
  • disputed,
  • statesman,
  • bureaucrat,
  • Administrant,
  • pithy,
  • unbalanced,
  • unequivocal,
  • bald,
  • unscripted.
  •
  • truthful,
  • ringing,
  • sanctioned,
  • absolute,
  • arguable.
  •
  • dean.
  •
  • conclusive.
  •main
  • keynote.
  •Other relevant words:
  • celebrity,
  • diplomatist,
  • insurance agent,
  • experienced,
  • masterly,
  • skilful,
  • adjudicator,
  • star,
  • fascist,
  • posted,
  • dominant,
  • governing,
  • evident,
  • dependable,
  • boss,
  • captain,
  • A,
  • evidently,
  • monocratic,
  • influential,
  • jack-in-office,
  • efficient,
  • Entered,
  • straitened,
  • Starched,
  • pastor,
  • democratic,
  • conformist,
  • unbending,
  • power,
  • square,
  • matriarchic,
  • chancellor,
  • momentous,
  • ordinary,
  • dupe,
  • afoot,
  • overcome,
  • big shot,
  • seemingly,
  • higher-up,
  • judicatory,
  • hegemonistic,
  • aga,
  • considerable,
  • solemn,
  • decreed,
  • exacting,
  • indisputable,
  • honest-to-god,
  • hotshot,
  • mandarin,
  • honcho,
  • ward-heeler,
  • freight agent,
  • administrative unit,
  • stilted,
  • unreliable,
  • chairman,
  • formalized,
  • parliamentary,
  • business agent,
  • claim agent,
  • qualified,
  • routine,
  • practised,
  • traditional,
  • puissant,
  • semiformal,
  • administrative body,
  • mace,
  • press agent,
  • liegeman,
  • natural,
  • skilled,
  • Overruling,
  • lawmaker,
  • professedly,
  • guaranteed,
  • industrial,
  • Heteronomous,
  • pluralistic,
  • semiofficial,
  • mp,
  • imperative,
  • regnant,
  • lion,
  • headman,
  • administer,
  • on record,
  • acting,
  • chief,
  • number one,
  • credible,
  • undeniable,
  • determine,
  • mighty,
  • reduce,
  • prexy,
  • leading,
  • superior,
  • orderly,
  • Indexed,
  • superstar,
  • pro forma,
  • on the books,
  • control,
  • stiff,
  • ascendant,
  • chief executive,
  • ranking,
  • subject,
  • travel agent,
  • veritable,
  • prefect,
  • imperial,
  • workaday,
  • arbitrator,
  • outwardly,
  • top banana,
  • on file,
  • customer agent,
  • monarchal,
  • federal,
  • pompous,
  • vice-chancellor,
  • Red-tapist,
  • doctrinal,
  • attache,
  • booked,
  • supreme,
  • autocratic,
  • weighty,
  • mandatory,
  • indubitable,
  • beat,
  • minuted,
  • defined,
  • authorities,
  • popular,
  • sure,
  • apparently,
  • law agent,
  • stately,
  • autonomous,
  • systematic,
  • Etat Major,
  • bigwig,
  • busy,
  • trained,
  • magistrate,
  • jurist,
  • vice president,
  • polished,
  • inscribed,
  • imperious,
  • consequential,
  • command,
  • monarchial,
  • literary agent,
  • ceo,
  • big wheel,
  • laissez faire,
  • irrefutable,
  • Formulary,
  • vocational,
  • aristocratic,
  • premier,
  • traditionalist,
  • enslave,
  • member of parliament,
  • down,
  • unchanging,
  • big noise,
  • president,
  • fat cat,
  • staff,
  • didactic,
  • unimpeachable,
  • insured,
  • office-bearer,
  • master,
  • pro,
  • brass,
  • clerk,
  • ordained,
  • executive director,
  • help,
  • gaffer,
  • foreman,
  • secretary,
  • binding,
  • directing,
  • ump,
  • occupational,
  • able,
  • controlling,
  • tool,
  • adept,
  • empowered,
  • punctilious,
  • hot stuff,
  • set,
  • competent,
  • kosher,
  • on hand,
  • factor,
  • confining,
  • holdover,
  • great,
  • vip,
  • potent,
  • overpower,
  • person in charge,
  • confirmed,
  • educated,
  • celebrant,
  • enrolled,
  • executive secretary,
  • high-muck-a-muck,
  • theocratic,
  • quell,
  • dictate,
  • ok,
  • incumbent,
  • the man,
  • doorkeeper,
  • actual,
  • registrar,
  • authoritarian,
  • implement,
  • substantial,
  • strict,
  • macebearer,
  • patriarchic,
  • fed,
  • literary,
  • inflexible,
  • regulated,
  • Officiary,
  • menial,
  • arbiter,
  • land agent,
  • manage,
  • documented,
  • expert,
  • patriarchal,
  • oligarchic,
  • macer,
  • person in authority,
  • right,
  • self-governing,
  • purchasing agent,
  • finished,
  • commissioner,
  • ministerial,
  • definitive,
  • umpire,
  • validated,
  • totalitarian,
  • seasoned,
  • theatrical agent,
  • moderator,
  • politician,
  • ticket agent,
  • prestigious,
  • masterful,
  • amanuensis,
  • talented,
  • regulatory,
  • top,
  • chief executive officer,
  • majestic,
  • consignee,
  • numero uno,
  • special agent,
  • dignified,
  • state,
  • Of,
  • priest,
  • certain,
  • ritualistic,
  • statutory,
  • required,
  • subordinate,
  • subdue,
  • appointee,
  • clear,
  • rubric,
  • gifted,
  • formulaic,
  • preside,
  • check,
  • prescriptive,
  • suppress,
  • marshal,
  • governmental,
  • servant,
  • officiate,
  • veteran,
  • royal,
  • civil servant,
  • unquestionable,
  • straight,
  • faithful,
  • Oligarchal,
  • henchman,
  • panjandrum,
  • executive officer,
  • trustworthy,
  • verified,
  • senior,
  • civic,
  • face-saving,
  • received,
  • juridic,
  • winner,
  • express,
  • constituted,
  • congressman,
  • Logged,
  • leader,
  • dictated,
  • federalist,
  • ostensible,
  • personage,
  • commanding,
  • textbook,
  • subjugate,
  • offical,
  • limited,
  • functional,
  • office-holder,
  • preeminent,
  • normal,
  • Hegemonic,
  • senator,
  • managing director,
  • peremptory,
  • accustomed,
  • formally,
  • important,
  • on foot,
  • republican,
  • registered,
  • in hand,
  • prevailing,
  • hack,
  • head,
  • office worker,
  • conservative,
  • constituent,
  • common,
  • apparent,
  • worthy,
  • unmistakable,
  • Filed,
  • instrument,
  • govern,
  • monarchical,
  • regulate,
  • explicit,
  • decorous,
  • notable,
  • linesman,
  • prescribed,
  • civil,
  • prescript,
  • going on,
  • retainer,
  • verifiable,
  • government,
  • spelled out,
  • formalised,
  • methodical,
  • domestic,
  • representative,
  • servitor,
  • principal,
  • proficient,
  • due,
  • equerry,
  • general agent,
  • knowledgeable,
  • recorded,
  • Preceptive,
  • appointed,
  • dominate,
  • prominent,
  • incontestable,
  • petty tyrant,
  • agent,
  • powerful,
  • Archon,
  • monarchic,
  • Employe,
  • vanquish,
  • unverified,
  • ritual,
  • biggie,
  • conquer,
  • authorised,
  • technical,
  • federal agent,
  • businesslike,
  • big cheese,
  • someone,
  • reliable,
  • parliamentarian,
  • Hegemonical,
  • magnate,
  • real estate agent,
  • Managing,
  • station agent,
  • puppet,
  • kingpin,
  • man,
  • congresswoman,
  • prevalent,
  • regal,
  • occupant,
  • officially,
  • officiant,
  • machine politician,
  • follower,
  • ref,
  • eminent,
  • legislator,
  • matriarchal,
  • surmount,
  • ruling,
  • walking delegate,
  • regulation,
  • wirepuller,
  • Sircar,
  • seemly,
  • Brains,
  • selectman,
  • professional,
  • judge,
  • instructive,
  • top dog,
  • theoretic,
  • despotic,
  • placeman,
  • fixed,
  • rigid,
  • stateswoman,
  • dictatorial,
  • dispatcher,
  • repress,
  • parliamentary agent,
  • administration.

Paraphrases for Official:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    functionary, staffer.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    non-official, semi-official.
  • Proper noun, singular
    officers.
  • Noun, plural
    officers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    officers, officialdom, bureaucrat, diplomat.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    formalized, oficial, ceremonial, state-run, full-fledged, formalised.
  • Proper noun, singular
    jobs, citizens, Operators, visitors, women, Ods, checks, Territories, Rights, cars, amendments, controls, oficial, GS, journal, Journals, officiel.
  • Noun, plural
    captains, Holidays, purposes, rulers, overseers, specimens, uniforms.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    officielle, spokesman, journal, officiating, source, officiel.
  • Verb, past tense
    Filed, Quoted, formalized, officiel.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    functioning.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    places, publishes, compounds.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    officially.

Antonyms for Official:

• adj.

  • all
    unofficial.
  • authorized, legitimate
    improper, indefinite, dishonest, incorrect, invalid, imprecise, unsuitable, inexact, unacceptable, unauthorized, false, unsanctioned.
  • Other antonyms:
    irregular, illegal, unconfirmed, nonofficial, illegitimate, impermissible, verboten, Unapproved, lawless, unestablished, wrongful, illicit, unlicensed, unlawful.

• n.

  • person representing organization
    employee.

Hypernym for Official:

• n.

  • person
    ref, scorekeeper, dispatcher, referee, starter, linesman, umpire, scorer, timekeeper, timer, football official, ump.

Hyponym for Official:

• n.

  • person
    adjudicator.