Synonyms of officeholders

officeholders

noun

plural of officeholder

as in officials

a person who holds a public office

the last officeholder was extremely conscientious about not using public funds for his personal gain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• officials
• officers
• administrators
• managers
• functionaries
• directors
• executives
• commissioners
• public servants
• bureaucrats
• supervisors
• superintendents
• regulators
• chairmen
• chairs
• underlings
• minions
• heads
• flunkies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of officeholders

That year, three of Texas’s university systems appointed former Republican officeholders as their chancellors. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Why must Illinoisans go to the polls in November, to elect federal and statewide officeholders, then vote again for their mayors and other city officeholders a mere three months later? — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

But Wong said ministers and other political officeholders will not immediately move to the new salary benchmark. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

An array of state and local officeholders divvies up the governance of schools, which means none of them is truly accountable for outcomes. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2026

The association is using the $7 million to back officeholders in Iowa, Kansas, Georgia, Ohio, Florida and Texas and Republican candidates in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, Nevada, New York, and Wisconsin. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

The state constitution bars state officeholders from seeking a different office with a start date more than 30 days before the end of the officeholder's current term. — CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

The same energy that helped elect Zohran Mamdani has fueled a string of insurgent victories, knocking off longtime officeholders and helping progress challengers break through in New York and Colorado. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Diffuse authority and accountability Authority over education has long been distributed among different officeholders. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026