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

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

The Bay Area was handed, unquestionably, the worst slate of group-stage games FIFA’s bureaucrats could manifest — five equivalents of a Tuesday night MACtion football game in a November blizzard. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 June 2026

Just like there’s a dream of a workplace without workers, there’s a dream of a government without bureaucrats, right? — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026

There is an unmistakable feeling that a great mass of fans are priced out, or fenced out, while wealthy sponsors and venal bureaucrats get the benefits. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 13 June 2026