Official

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to an office or public trust
 * official duties
 * 1) Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
 * an official statement or report
 * 1) Approved by authority; authorized.
 * 2) sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal
 * an official drug or preparation
 * 1) Discharging an office or function.
 * 2) Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
 * 3) Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

Antonyms

 * unofficial

Related terms

 * office
 * officer
 * officiate

Noun

 * 1) An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
 * 2) A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.

Adjectives for Official
cruel; incompetent; distinguished; bureaucratic; incorruptible; fearless; intelligent; mere; salaried; corrupt; negligent; faithless; amiable; dignified; foreign; blustering; unappreciative; overdriven; energetic; aesthetic; suspicious; obstinate.

Thesaurus
Federal, absolute, accepted, accredited, administrative, administrator, agent, amanuensis, apparently, approved, archon, aristocratic, ascendant, authentic, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, autonomous, baggage agent, binding, bona fide, booked, bureaucrat, bureaucratic, business agent, canonical, cathedral, ceremonial, ceremonious, certified, chancellor, chief executive, chief executive officer, civic, civil, civil servant, claim agent, cleared, clerk, clothed with authority, commanding, commercial agent, commission agent, competent, consequential, considerable, consignee, constitutional, controlling, customer agent, dean, decorous, democratic, despotic, dictated, dictatorial, didactic, directing, documented, dominant, down, duly constituted, dupe, eminent, empowered, endorsed, enrolled, entered, evidently, ex cathedra, ex officio, exec, executive, executive director, executive officer, executive secretary, factor, fascist, fed, federal, federal agent, federalist, federalistic, filed, formal, formulary, freight agent, functional, functionary, functionnaire, general agent, governing, governmental, great, gubernatorial, hard and fast, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heteronomous, imperative, implement, important, indexed, industrial, influential, inscribed, instructive, instrument, insurance agent, jack-in-office, land agent, law agent, lawful, leading, legal, legitimate, licensed, literary agent, loan agent, logged, magisterial, magistrate, management, manager, managing, managing director, mandarin, mandatory, matriarchal, matriarchic, mighty, ministerial, minuted, momentous, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, news agent, of record, office-bearer, officeholder, officer, officially, officiary, oligarchal, oligarchic, on file, on record, on the books, outwardly, parliamentarian, parliamentary, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, patriarchal, patriarchic, petty tyrant, placeman, pluralistic, political, pompous, posted, potent, powerful, preceptive, preeminent, prefect, prescribed, prescript, prescriptive, president, press agent, prestigious, prexy, pro, professedly, professional, prominent, proper, provost, public official, public servant, puissant, puppet, purchasing agent, ranking, real estate agent, received, recognized, recorded, red-tapist, registered, regulation, republican, ritualistic, rubric, ruling, sales agent, sanctioned, secretary, seemingly, seemly, self-governing, senior, solemn, special agent, standard, station agent, statutory, steward, stiff, substantial, superior, supervisory, supreme, technical, the administration, theatrical agent, theocratic, ticket agent, tool, totalitarian, travel agent, treasurer, true, valid, verified, vice-chancellor, vice-president, vocational, walking delegate, warden, weighty, written down

Etymology
From official:, from  officium:

Adjective

 * Albanian: zyrtar
 * Arabic: مسؤول
 * Azeri: rəsmi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 官方,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: virallinen, virka
 * French:
 * German:, amtlich
 * Greek: υπηρεσιακός,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:


 * Japanese:, 公の
 * Korean: 공무원
 * Latin: official
 * Maltese: uffiċjali
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian: oficial
 * Russian:, служебный, должностной
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * Arabic: مسئول
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: viranomainen
 * French: ,
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 役員
 * Romanian: funcționar, funcționară
 * Russian: официальное лицо,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: