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bureaucrat

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bureaucrat

a worker in a government agency

  • the bureaucrats at the town hall seem to think that we need a building permit to build a tree house
Synonyms of bureaucrat

civil servant, functionary, mandarin, public servant
Words Related to bureaucrat

clerk, officeholder, official, officiary

employee (also employe), hand, hireling, jobholder, underling, worker

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