Synonyms of civil servant

civil servant

noun

as in public servant

a worker in a government agency

took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department

Synonyms & Similar Words

• public servant
• clerk
• official
• employee
• worker
• bureaucrat
• mandarin
• functionary
• officiary
• officeholder
• underling
• hireling
• hand
• jobholder

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of civil servant

The government has opened an investigation, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered Health Secretary Aslam Ghauri, the Health Ministry’s highest civil servant, to be removed from office. — Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

His father, a welder, left school after sixth grade; his mother, a civil servant, didn’t finish high school. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Other governments, including the US, have their own rules and disclosure requirements, but beyond the breadth of the controls in China, the sheer number of people affected is striking – and reaches far beyond civil servants. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

According to the Partnership for Public Service, more than 200,000 civil servants left the federal workforce in 2025 through voluntary and involuntary separations aimed at reducing head count. — Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026