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official
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of OFFICIAL
ordered or allowed by those in authority <the official languages for those Olympic Games were French and English>
Synonyms authorized, sanctioned
Related Words lawful, legal, legit [slang], legitimate, licit, permissible, regulation; approved, endorsed (also indorsed); abetted, encouraged, promoted, suggested, supported; certified, licensed; authoritative, canonical, ex officio; semiofficial
Near Antonyms illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible, lawless, unlawful, wrongful; unapproved, unlicensed, verboten
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