OFFICIAL Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ə-ˈfi-shəl

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as in officer

a person who holds a public office some of our best public officials do their jobs quietly and are never in the news

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adjective

as in authorized

ordered or allowed by those in authority the official languages for those Olympic Games were French and English

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Noun

The office also said Homeland Security officials who participated in the raids on Combs’ L.A. and Miami homes in March, did not have the video to leak either. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024 Players Era recently hired former NCAA official Jeremy McCool as its VP of institutional relations, and Matthew Dooley, of grassroots basketball company Hoop Group, as VP of operations and marketing. —

Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 22 Nov. 2024

Adjective

Lastly, there are also a variety of books available like the official companion book League of Legends: Realms of Runeterra, released to commemorate the game’s tenth anniversary back in 2019. —

Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024 The couple made their first official appearance after her treatment in Southport, a town in the northwest of England, on October 11, 2024. —

Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for official