OFFICIALS Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word officials. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for OFFICIALS
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authorities | nounn | |||||||
noun • the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | ||||||||
personnel | nounn | |||||||
noun • group of people willing to obey orders • the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management | ||||||||
administrators | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who administers a business • the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor • someone who manages a government agency or department | ||||||||
agents | nounn | |||||||
noun • an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect • a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations • a substance that exerts some force or effect • a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission • any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau • the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause | ||||||||
bureaus | nounn | |||||||
noun • an administrative unit of government • furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | ||||||||
delegates | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a person appointed or elected to represent others verb • transfer power to someone • give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | ||||||||
directors | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who controls resources and expenditures • member of a board of directors • someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show • the person who directs the making of a film • the person who leads a musical group | ||||||||
executives | nounn | |||||||
adjective • having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. noun • a person responsible for the administration of a business • persons who administer the law • someone who manages a government agency or department | ||||||||
functionaries | nounn | |||||||
noun • a worker who holds or is invested with an office | ||||||||
inspectors | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a high ranking police officer • an investigator who observes carefully | ||||||||
managers | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who controls resources and expenditures • (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | ||||||||
officers | nounn | |||||||
noun • any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command • someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust • a member of a police force • a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel verb • direct or command as an officer | ||||||||
overseers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who directs and manages an organization | ||||||||
representatives | nounn | |||||||
adjective • standing for something else noun • a person who represents others • an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose • a member of the United States House of Representatives • an item of information that is typical of a class or group adjective satellite • serving to represent or typify • being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives | ||||||||
stewards | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else • the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements • an attendant on an airplane • a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management • one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | ||||||||
superintendents | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who directs and manages an organization • a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector | ||||||||
supervisors | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who supervises or has charge and direction of • a program that controls the execution of other programs | ||||||||
trustees | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit • members of a governing board | ||||||||
functionary | nounn | |||||||
noun • a worker who holds or is invested with an office | ||||||||
prescribed | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • 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 |