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

Democratic politicians, bureaucrats and labor leaders, once rabble-rousers like Bass who nowadays seem to exist mostly to keep their sinecure, have labored mightily to convince unbelieving voters that Bass deserves another shot. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Half of them want to hand health care over to government bureaucrats, the other half to corporate bureaucrats. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Modern-day courtiers and princes–to say nothing of bureaucrats–should not be the ones deciding what gets made and who gets to see it. — Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

These are scientists, academics, and bureaucrats speaking with their own distinct terminology and often talking past one another. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026

But elevating the whims of progressive activists and government bureaucrats above the wisdom of the marketplace has proven a costly mistake and undermined consumer choice. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

These innovations may reduce the number of bureaucrats autocrats need. — Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

At the same time, some critics worried that the Obama-era guidance had gone too far, tasking college bureaucrats with investigating criminal allegations and diluting due process. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

The prosecutor was aware that some people viewed career officials who had remained at the Justice Department as comparable to the bureaucrats who had dutifully followed orders in Nazi Germany. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026