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

Just as is now the case--when officeholders in Arkansas blindly follow a con man who will go down as the worst president in American history--Arkansas found itself on the wrong side of history in the 1950s. — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

DuVernay says her team approached nearly 300 GOP officeholders, but only a little more than a dozen engaged with them at all. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

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