official
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Types & categories
- skilled worker hypernym
- apparatchik hyponym
- appointee hyponym
- bailiff hyponym
- beadle hyponym
- bureaucrat hyponym
- caretaker hyponym
- censor hyponym
- census taker hyponym
- church officer hyponym
- city father hyponym
- civil servant hyponym
- commissar hyponym
- Comptroller General hyponym
- Comptroller of the Currency hyponym
- diplomat hyponym
- elected official hyponym
- equerry hyponym
- fire marshall hyponym
- fire warden hyponym
- hearing examiner hyponym
- holdover hyponym
- incumbent hyponym
- Inquisitor hyponym
- voider hyponym
- judge hyponym
- licenser hyponym
- macebearer hyponym
- mandarin hyponym
- notary hyponym
- noticer hyponym
- officeholder hyponym
- federal agent hyponym
- provincial hyponym
- postmaster general hyponym
- proconsul hyponym
- prosecutor hyponym
- quaestor hyponym
- recruiter hyponym
- record-keeper hyponym
- regulator hyponym
- returning officer hyponym
- sealer hyponym
- searcher hyponym
- vote counter hyponym
- town clerk hyponym
- doorkeeper hyponym
- vizier hyponym
- weigher hyponym
Related & opposite
- government officials derivation
- officiate derivation
Sense 2 adjective
having official authority or sanction
official permission
Related & opposite
- authorized also see
- unofficial antonym
- office derivation
- authorized similar to
- ex officio similar to
- formal similar to
- formalized similar to
- semiofficial similar to
Sense 3 noun
someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling
Types & categories
- adjudicator hypernym
- football official hyponym
- linesman hyponym
- referee hyponym
- scorekeeper hyponym
- dispatcher hyponym
- timekeeper hyponym
- umpire hyponym
Sense 4 adjective
of or relating to an office
official privileges
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
verified officially
the election returns are now official
Related & opposite
- confirmed similar to
Sense 6 adjective
conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
in prescribed order
Related & opposite
Sense 7 adjective
(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
Related & opposite
- church service domain topic
- established similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | government officials |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | officiate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | skilled worker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apparatchik |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | appointee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bailiff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beadle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bureaucrat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | caretaker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | censor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | census taker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | church officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | city father |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | civil servant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | commissar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Comptroller General |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Comptroller of the Currency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diplomat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elected official |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | equerry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire marshall |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire warden |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hearing examiner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holdover |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incumbent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Inquisitor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | voider |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | judge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | licenser |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | macebearer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mandarin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | notary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | noticer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | officeholder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | federal agent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | provincial |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | postmaster general |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proconsul |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prosecutor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quaestor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recruiter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | record-keeper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | regulator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | returning officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sealer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | searcher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vote counter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | town clerk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | doorkeeper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vizier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | weigher |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | authorized |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unofficial |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | office |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | authorized |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ex officio |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | formal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | formalized |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | semiofficial |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjudicator |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | football official |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | linesman |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | referee |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scorekeeper |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispatcher |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | timekeeper |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | umpire |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | agency |
| 4 | pertains to | Related & opposite | agency |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | confirmed |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | office |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | regular |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | church service |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | established |