functionary

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of FUNCTIONARY

a person who holds a public office <spoke to high-ranking functionaries at the embassy in the hopes that they could help>

Synonyms functionary, officeholder, officer, public servant

Related Words bureaucrat; administrator, commissioner, director, executive, head, manager, regulator, superintendent, supervisor; chair, chairman; flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), minion, underling; co-official

a worker in a government agency <the faceless functionaries at the Internal Revenue Service>

Synonyms civil servant, functionary, mandarin, public servant

Related Words clerk, officeholder, official, officiary; employee (also employe), hand, hireling, jobholder, underling, worker

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