'official' definitions:
Definition of 'official'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" [ant: unofficial]
adjective
Of or relating to an office; "official privileges"
adjective
Verified officially; "the election returns are now official"
adjective
Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order" [syn: official, prescribed]
adjective
(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
noun
A worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: official, functionary]
noun
Someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
Definition of 'official'
From: GCIDE
- established \established\ adj.
- 1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed his prestige as an established writer; an established precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with unestablished. [Narrower terms: entrenched; implanted, planted, rooted; official; recognized] [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. securely established; as, an established reputation.
- Syn: firm. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. settled securely and unconditionally.
- Syn: accomplished, effected. [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. conforming with accepted standards. [WordNet 1.5]
- 5. shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the established facts in the case.
- Syn: proved. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 6. (Bot.) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants.
- Syn: naturalized. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Synonyms of 'official'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- accepted,
- accredited,
- administrative,
- administrator,
- agent,
- amanuensis,
- apparently,
- approved,
- archon,
- aristocratic,
- ascendant,
- authentic,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- baggage agent,
- binding,
- bona fide,
- booked,
- bureaucrat,
- bureaucratic,
- business agent,
- canonical,
- cathedral,
- ceremonial,
- ceremonious,
- certified,
- chancellor,
- chief executive,
- chief executive officer,
- civic,
- civil,
- civil servant,
- claim agent,
- cleared,
- clerk,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- commercial agent,
- commission agent,
- competent,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- consignee,
- constitutional,
- controlling,
- customer agent,
- dean,
- decorous,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictated,
- dictatorial,
- didactic,
- directing,
- documented,
- dominant,
- down,
- duly constituted,
- dupe,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- endorsed,
- enrolled,
- entered,
- evidently,
- ex cathedra,
- ex officio,
- exec,
- executive,
- executive director,
- executive officer,
- executive secretary,
- factor,
- fascist,
- fed,
- Federal,
- federal,
- federal agent,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- filed,
- formal,
- formulary,
- freight agent,
- functional,
- functionary,
- functionnaire,
- general agent,
- governing,
- governmental,
- great,
- gubernatorial,
- hard and fast,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- heteronomous,
- imperative,
- implement,
- important,
- indexed,
- industrial,
- influential,
- inscribed,
- instructive,
- instrument,
- insurance agent,
- jack-in-office,
- land agent,
- law agent,
- lawful,
- leading,
- legal,
- legitimate,
- licensed,
- literary agent,
- loan agent,
- logged,
- magisterial,
- magistrate,
- management,
- manager,
- managing,
- managing director,
- mandarin,
- mandatory,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- mighty,
- ministerial,
- minuted,
- momentous,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- news agent,
- of record,
- office-bearer,
- officeholder,
- officer,
- officially,
- officiary,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- on file,
- on record,
- on the books,
- outwardly,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- parliamentary agent,
- passenger agent,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- petty tyrant,
- placeman,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- pompous,
- posted,
- potent,
- powerful,
- preceptive,
- preeminent,
- prefect,
- prescribed,
- prescript,
- prescriptive,
- president,
- press agent,
- prestigious,
- prexy,
- pro,
- professedly,
- professional,
- prominent,
- proper,
- provost,
- public official,
- public servant,
- puissant,
- puppet,
- purchasing agent,
- ranking,
- real estate agent,
- received,
- recognized,
- recorded,
- red-tapist,
- registered,
- regulation,
- republican,
- ritualistic,
- rubric,
- ruling,
- sales agent,
- sanctioned,
- secretary,
- seemingly,
- seemly,
- self-governing,
- senior,
- solemn,
- special agent,
- standard,
- station agent,
- statutory,
- steward,
- stiff,
- substantial,
- superior,
- supervisory,
- supreme,
- technical,
- the administration,
- theatrical agent,
- theocratic,
- ticket agent,
- tool,
- totalitarian,
- travel agent,
- treasurer,
- true,
- valid,
- verified,
- vice-chancellor,
- vice-president,
- vocational,
- walking delegate,
- warden,
- weighty,
- written down