Dictionary Entry
official
official is a 8-letter English word with 13 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
- 2noun
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.
- 3noun
Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
- 4noun
Discharging an office or function.
- 5adjective
One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
- 6adjective
An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
- 7noun
someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
"the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
- 8noun
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Synonyms
- 9adjective
having official authority or sanction
"official permission"
"an official representative"
- 10adjective
verified officially
"the election returns are now official"
- 11adjective
(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
- 12adjective
conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
"in prescribed order"
Synonyms
- 13adjective
of or relating to an office
"official privileges"
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