Synonyms of functionary

functionary

noun

1

as in official

a person who holds a public office

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• official
• officer
• administrator
• officeholder
• manager
• executive
• director
• bureaucrat
• public servant
• commissioner
• supervisor
• superintendent
• chair
• regulator
• chairman
• flunkey
• flunky
• minion
• underling
• flunkie
• head
• co-official

2

as in bureaucrat

a worker in a government agency

the faceless functionaries at the Internal Revenue Service

Synonyms & Similar Words

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