Definition of officials Officials
/ʌfɪˈʃʌlz/ - [ufishulz] -
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What does officials mean?
Wiktionary 
- officials (Noun)
Plural of official.
Part of speech
🔤- officials, noun, plural of official.
WordNet
NounPlural: officials |
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| official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office | ||
| functionary | ||
| skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker a worker who has acquired special skills | ||
| apparatchik a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party | ||
| appointee a person who is appointed to a job or position | ||
| bailiff an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. | ||
| beadle a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function | ||
| administrative official, bureaucrat an official of a bureaucracy | ||
| caretaker a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) | ||
| censor a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable | ||
| census taker, enumerator someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes | ||
| church officer a church official | ||
| city father an important municipal official | ||
| civil servant a public official who is a member of the civil service | ||
| commissar, political commissar an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit | ||
| comptroller general a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government | ||
| comptroller of the currency the agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency | ||
| diplomatist, diplomat an official engaged in international negotiations | ||
| elected official official who won the office in a free election | ||
| equerry a personal attendant of the British royal family | ||
| fire marshall an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires | ||
| fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest | ||
| hearing examiner, hearing officer an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers | ||
| holdover, hangover an official who remains in office after his term | ||
| incumbent, officeholder the official who holds an office | ||
| inquisitor a questioner who is excessively harsh | ||
| invalidator, nullifier, voider an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was" | ||
| judge, jurist, justice a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice | ||
| licenser an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications) | ||
| macebearer, macer, mace an official who carries a mace of office | ||
| mandarin the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China | ||
| notary, notary public someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions | ||
| noticer someone who gives formal notice | ||
| officeholder, officer someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year" | ||
| federal agent, agent an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents" | ||
| provincial (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials" | ||
| postmaster general the official in charge of the national postal service | ||
| proconsul an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul | ||
| prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state | ||
| quaestor any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration) | ||
| recruiter an official who enlists personnel for military service | ||
| record-keeper, registrar, recorder someone responsible for keeping records | ||
| regulator any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. | ||
| returning officer the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results | ||
| sealer an official who affixes a seal to a document | ||
| searcher large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America | ||
| vote counter, teller an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money | ||
| town clerk the official who keeps a town's records | ||
| doorkeeper, usher someone who guards an entrance | ||
| vizier a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire) | ||
| official - someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling" | ||
| adjudicator a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes | ||
| football official an official who enforces the rules at a football game | ||
| linesman official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside) | ||
| ref, referee (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play | ||
| scorekeeper, scorer an official who records the score during the progress of a game | ||
| dispatcher, starter employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service | ||
| timekeeper, timer a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees | ||
Adjective |
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| official - having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" | ||
| unofficial not having official authority or sanction; "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity" | ||
| authorised, authorized endowed with authority | ||
| authorised, authorized, authoritative endowed with authority | ||
| ex officio by virtue of an office or position; "the head of the department serves as an ex officio member of the board" | ||
| formal being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education" | ||
| formalised, formalized given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures | ||
| official - (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution | ||
| constituted, established introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | ||
| official - conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order" | ||
| prescribed | ||
| regular in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime" | ||
| official - of or relating to an office; "official privileges" | ||
| official - verified officially; "the election returns are now official" | ||
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Wiktionary
- official (Noun)
An office holder invested with powers and authorities. - official (Noun)
A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition. - official (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust. - official (Adjective)
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority. - official (Adjective)
Approved by authority; authorized. - official (Adjective)
Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal. - official (Adjective)
Discharging an office or function. - official (Adjective)
Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant. - official (Adjective)
Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc. , with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- official (n.)
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine. - official (n.)
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report. - official (n.)
Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal. - official (n.)
Discharging an office or function. - official (a.)
One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant. - official (a.)
An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Made or communicated by virtue of authority. -
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An employee of the public authorities who acts in an official capacity and with certain powers and authorities. -
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Characteristic of or befitting a person in authority.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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official
All orders, reports, applications, memorials, etc., which pass through the regular channels of communication, are called official.
Wikipedia 
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An official is someone who holds an office (i.e. function, mandate) in an organisation, of any kind. A public official is an official of central or local government.
Other meanings.
The term officer is close to being a synonym (but has more military connotations). A functionary is someone who carries out a particular role within an organisation; this is quite a close synonym for "official", as a noun, but with connotations closer to bureaucrat.
Part of speech
🔤- official, noun, singular of officials.
