OFFICIAL Synonyms

• established by authority; given authoritative approval

• established as genuine

• endowed with authority

• endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements

• fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)

• holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill

• (of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above

• given official approval to act

• being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

• (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

• a lavish dance requiring formal attire

• a gown for evening wear

• characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

• represented in simplified or symbolic form

• logically deductive

• refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

• of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

• based on known statements or events or conditions

• in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles

• authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

• make legal

• show or affirm to be just and legitimate

• make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)

• generally approved or compelling recognition

• provided with a secure reputation

• well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force

• still legally acceptable

• a worker who holds or is invested with an office

• set down as a rule or guide

• fixed or established especially by order or command

• conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline

• formally laid down or imposed