Synonyms of bureaucrats

bureaucrats

noun

plural of bureaucrat

as in officials

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 & Similar Words

• officials
• employees
• clerks
• functionaries
• workers
• mandarins
• civil servants
• public servants
• officeholders
• underlings
• hands
• hirelings
• jobholders
• officiaries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bureaucrats

This entails handing out thousands of patronage jobs to rabbis, bureaucrats, undertakers, and inspectors. — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026

The bureaucrats in Brussels are struggling to keep up with the breakneck pace of technological progress. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2026

Porter sketched Trotsky holding forth at a conference table, proselytizing to the American bureaucrats. — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

Businesses and bureaucrats got an early indicator this week of whether the World Cup was worth the cost for Los Angeles — beer sales. — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Several Japanese bureaucrats also died by suicide in recent years in cases linked to overwork. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 23 July 2026

Collecting bureaucrats’ signatures is at best a distraction from those efforts. — Editorial, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026

These incidents rarely appear in the statistics politicians and bureaucrats cite when assuring the public that downtown is moving in the right direction. — Jonathan Beaton, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026

Giving the president more direct control over who serves on those bodies has long been a goal of conservatives, who have objected to unelected bureaucrats wielding too much power with little accountability. — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 June 2026