'officer' definitions:

Definition of 'officer'

noun

Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men" [syn: military officer, officer]

noun

Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year" [syn: officeholder, officer]

noun

A member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer" [syn: policeman, police officer, officer]

noun

A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" [syn: officer, ship's officer]

verb

Direct or command as an officer

Synonyms of 'officer'

From: Moby Thesaurus

ADC,
administrator,
aide,
aide-de-camp,
apparatchik,
archon,
bailiff,
beadle,
beagle,
boatswain,
bound bailiff,
brigadier,
brigadier general,
bureaucrat,
captain,
catchpole,
chancellor,
chicken colonel,
chief engineer,
chief executive,
chief executive officer,
chief mate,
chief of police,
chief of staff,
civil servant,
CO,
colonel,
commandant,
commander,
commander in chief,
commanding officer,
commissioned officer,
commissioner,
company officer,
constable,
cop,
copper,
dean,
deck officer,
deputy,
deputy sheriff,
detective,
dick,
dignitary,
director,
exec,
executive,
executive director,
executive officer,
executive secretary,
fed,
federal,
field marshal,
field officer,
first lieutenant,
five-star general,
flic,
four-star general,
functionary,
functionnaire,
fuzz,
G-man,
gendarme,
general,
general officer,
generalissimo,
government man,
inspector,
jack-in-office,
jemadar,
John Law,
junior officer,
lawman,
lictor,
lieutenant,
lieutenant colonel,
lieutenant general,
mace-bearer,
magistrate,
major,
major general,
management,
manager,
managing director,
mandarin,
marechal,
marshal,
master,
mate,
mounted policeman,
MP,
narc,
naval officer,
navigating officer,
navigator,
OD,
office-bearer,
officeholder,
official,
officiary,
one-star general,
orderly officer,
patrolman,
patron,
peace officer,
petty tyrant,
pipes,
placeman,
police,
police captain,
police commissioner,
police constable,
police inspector,
police matron,
police officer,
police sergeant,
policeman,
policewoman,
portreeve,
prefect,
president,
prexy,
provost,
public official,
public servant,
quartermaster,
red-tapist,
reeve,
risaldar,
roundsman,
sailing master,
second mate,
secretary,
senior officer,
sergeant,
sergeant at arms,
shavetail,
sheriff,
shipmaster,
sirdar,
skipper,
staff officer,
subahdar,
subaltern,
sublieutenant,
superintendent,
tec,
the administration,
the brass,
the Old Man,
three-star general,
tipstaff,
tipstaves,
top brass,
treasurer,
trooper,
two-star general,
vice-chancellor,
vice-president,
warden,
watch officer

Words containing 'officer'

office,
Booking office,
Circumlocution office,
Commission officer,
Commissioned officer,
Crown office,
Disbursing officer,
Express office,
Field officer,
Fire office,
First officer,
Flag officer,
Foreign office,
General officer,
Hanaper office,
Health officer,
Holy office,
Inquest of office,
Intelligence office,
Land office,
Loan office,
Naval officer,
Noncommissioned officer,
Office copies,
Parcel office,
Patent office,
Pay office,
Peace officer,
Petty officer,
Pipe office,
Police officer,
Post office,
Prerogative office,
Printing office,
Rotation in office,
Stamp office,
To run for an office,
To serve an office,
Transfer office,
Warrant officer,
action officer,
army officer,
box office,
business office,
by right of office,
case officer,
central office,
church officer,
civil officer,
commanding officer,
desk officer,
disinfestation officer,
divine office,
employment office,
enlisted officer,
executive officer,
farm offices,
federal office,
financial officer,
government office,
hearing officer,
hold office,
home office,
intelligence officer,
law officer,
leave office,
life office,
line officer,
little office,
main office,
medical officer,
military officer,
misconduct in office,
office block,
office boy,
office building,
office furniture,
office of the dead,
office staff,
officer's mess,
oval office,
personnel office,
placement office,
presiding officer,
probation officer,
prosecuting officer,
public office,
returning officer,
ship's officer,
shipping office,
spoils of office,
staff office,
staff officer,
supply officer,
take office,
term of office,
ticket office,
Distributing past office,
Field officer's court,
Jack-in-office,
Jack-out-of-office,
air force officer,
chief executive officer,
chief financial officer,
chief operating officer,
chief petty officer,
commissioned military officer,
commissioned naval officer,
executive office of the president,
french foreign office,
government accounting office,
government printing office,
kingly office of christ,
local post office,
national reconnaissance office,
office of inspector general,
office of intelligence support,
office of management and budget,
office of naval intelligence,
office-bearer,
us post office,
field-grade officer,
land-office business,
left-luggage office,
patent and trademark office database,
post-office box,
reserve officers training corps,
senior chief petty officer,
united states post office,
us government printing office,
post-office box number,
united states government accounting office,
united states government printing office,
united nations office for drug control and crime prevention