Entry Word: official

Function: adjective

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

Synonyms authorized, sanctioned

Related Words legal, permissible; approved, endorsed; abetted, encouraged, promoted, suggested, supported; certified, licensed (also licenced); authoritative, canonical, ex officio; semiofficial

Near Antonyms illegal, illicit, unlawful; unapproved, unendorsed, unlicensed

Antonyms unauthorized, unofficial, unsanctioned