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functionary

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of functionary

1 a person who holds a public office

spoke to high-ranking functionaries at the embassy in the hopes that they could help

Synonyms of functionary

officeholder, officer, official, public servant

Words Related to functionary

administrator, commissioner, director, executive, head, manager, regulator, superintendent, supervisor

chair, chairman

flunky (also flunkey), minion, underling

2 a worker in a government agency

the faceless functionaries at the Internal Revenue Service

Synonyms of functionary

bureaucrat, civil servant, mandarin, public servant

Words Related to functionary

clerk, officeholder, official, officiary

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

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