Synonyms of officials

officials

noun

plural of official

as in officers

a person who holds a public office

some of our best public officials do their jobs quietly and are never in the news

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of officials

Notably, the bill allows members to keep their current portfolio and leaves officials in the executive branch untouched. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026

Federal probation officials are recommending 24 months in prison. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026

In March, officials said the number of national security cases involving activity by hostile states, including Iran, increased by 50% in the six months to December 2025. — Alastair Grant, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

Minneapolis officials estimated the crackdown’s economic cost at nearly $700 million. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Alaska’s congressional delegation and state officials supported bringing the ceremony to the state, while then-Secretary of the Navy John Phelan approved Whittier as the location in March. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

In granting the government's request for a stay, the court on Tuesday cleared federal officials to enforce rapid third-country removals for now while also agreeing to take up the case for oral argument in December. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

In 1953 Arizona state officials organized another raid on Short Creek in which more than 100 were arrested and over 200 children were taken into state custody (they were reunited with their families two years later). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

Others get semi-legitimate passports through government officials, who use a real passport printer to issue the document but don’t enter it into the system. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026