official

Adj

1. Of or about an office or public trust.
2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority
3. Approved by authority; authorized.
4. Approved by authority; authorized.
5. Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
6. Discharging an office or function.
7. Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
8. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
9. (informal) True, real, beyond doubt.
10. Listed in a national pharmacopeia.

Noun

An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈfɪʃəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: official

In summary

From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.

Synonyms

officer

formal

functionary

civil servant

public

clerk

legal

authoritative

bureaucrat

government

open

public servant

office

🏢

governmental

administrator

minister

authority

government official

leader

regular

chief

agent

statutory

umpire

incumbent

prescribed

referee

valid

ceremonious

formality

officially

cadre

ministerial

person in charge

white-collar worker

dignitary

definite

bureaucratic

conventional

context

attested

confirmed

braced

civil service

level

legitimate

box

📦

asserted

magisterial

advisor

Sentences

It was likely named for a railroad official .

He served as official and military commander for the Venetian Republic .

Instead , Berlinguer made an official visit to China .

The letter excitedly pulled from that official envelope held the news she desired for so many years .

It was the official painting of the occasion and , hence , resides at Buckingham Palace .

The Latvian State Police is the official national police agency of Latvia .