official
Syllables: of·fi·cialUK/əˈfɪʃəl/
official adjective: of or about an office or public trust.
Adjective
official (comparative more official, superlative most official)
- Of or about an office or public trust.
- official duties
- Derived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority
- an official statement or report
- Approved by authority; authorized.
- The Official Strategy Guide
- Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
- an official drug or preparation
- Discharging an office or function.
- the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
- Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
- Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
- True, real, beyond doubt.
- Well, it's official: you lost your mind!
- Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
Noun
official (plural officials)
- An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.
- Officials in the Firefly administration assure the Sylvanians they don't want war either.
- In most soccer games, there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen.
official meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
official in Hindi
- approved by authority
- आधिकारिक ādhikārik, अधिकृत adhikŕt
- of or pertaining to an office or public trust
- आधिकारिक ādhikārik, अधिकृत adhikŕt
- derived from the proper office
- आधिकारिक ādhikārik, अधिकृत adhikŕt
- relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
- अधिकारी adhikārī
official in Tamil
- அதிகாரி, அலுவலர், பணித்துறையர், அதிகாரப்பூர்வமான, அலுவல்சார், அரசு அலுவல் சார்ந்த
official in Marathi
- approved by authority
- अधिकृत adhikŕt
- of or pertaining to an office or public trust
- कार्यालयीन kāryālyīn
official in Urdu
- approved by authority
- دَفْتَری daftarī, سَرْکاری sarkārī
- of or pertaining to an office or public trust
- مَعْرُوف ma'rūf
- office holder invested with powers and authorities
- اَدھِکاری adhikārī, اَہَلکار ahalkār, عُہ٘دے دار 'uhde dār, مَامُور māmūr
More languagesFewer languages
- official in Bengali
- সরকারী śorkari, দাপ্তরিক daptorik
- official in Telugu
- అధికారి adhikāri
- official in Malayalam
- ഔദ്യോഗിക audyōgika, ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ udyōgasthaṉ
- official in Kannada
- ನೌಕರ, ಉದ್ಯೋಗಸ್ಥ, ಸರ್ಕಾರೀ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ, ಹುದ್ದೇದಾರ
- official in Punjabi
- ਦਫ਼ਤਰੀ daftarī
- official in Gujarati
- સત્તાવાર, ઓફિશિયલ
- official in Odia
- ଅଫିସିଆଲ୍
- official in Sanskrit
- अधिकारिन् adhikārin, अधिकारिणी adhikāriṇī
- official in Nepali
- आधिकारिक
- official in Pashto
- رسمي rasmí
- official in Tagalog
- tungkulanin
- official in Arabic
- رَسْمِيّ rasmiyy, مَسْؤُول masʔūl, مَسْئُول masʔūl
- official in Malay
- rasmi, pegawai
- official in Indonesian
- resmi, pejabat
- official in Vietnamese
- chánh thức, chính thức
Examples of official in a sentence
- The company's officials became nabobs as it took on more and more power after Plassey.
- ...officials with their prehensile bottoms...1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. III:
Synonyms of official
Antonyms
Forms of official
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more official |
| superlative | most official |
| Noun | |
| plural | officials |
Origin of official
From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.
Words formed from official
- fourth official
- officialdom
- officialese
- officialhood
- officialship
- officialty
- rules official
- television match official
- underofficial
- video official
- antiofficial
- co-official
- counterofficial
- ex-official
- extraofficial
- Facebook official
- inofficial
- nonofficial
- non-official
- official at-bat
- officialate
- official cover
- official gazette
- Official IRA
- officialise
- -ize
- -isation
- -ization
- officialism
- officialist
- officiality
- official language
- officially
- official mark
- officialness
- official passport
- official scorer
- preofficial
- semi-official
- subofficial
Phrases with official
Words that rhyme with official
- superficial
- artificial
- judicial
- unofficial
- beneficial
- initial
- prejudicial
- adventitial
- comitial
- extrajudicial
- interstitial
- sacrificial
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Questions about official
- What does official mean?
- Official means of or about an office or public trust.
- What is official in Hindi?
- Official in Hindi is आधिकारिक (ādhikārik), अधिकृत (adhikŕt), अधिकारी (adhikārī). See Official meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use official in a sentence?
- The company's officials became nabobs as it took on more and more power after Plassey.
- What part of speech is official?
- Official can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce official?
- Official is pronounced /əˈfɪʃəl/ (UK).
Words near official in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: official (page history and authors); official (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); official (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਦਫ਼ਤਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); official (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); official (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अधिकारिणी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); official (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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