Synonyms: official
Definition: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
Usage: the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling
Similar words: adjudicator
Definition: a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes
Synonyms: official, functionary
Definition: a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Similar words: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
Definition: a worker who has acquired special skills
Synonyms: official
Definition: having official authority or sanction
Usage: official permission; an official representative
Similar words: authorised, authoritative, authorized
Definition: sanctioned by established authority
Usage: an authoritative communique; the authorized biography
Similar words: ex officio
Definition: by virtue of an office or position
Usage: the head of the department serves as an ex officio member of the board
Similar words: formal
Definition: characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
Usage: formal duties; an official banquet
Similar words: formalised, formalized
Definition: given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures
Similar words: semiofficial
Definition: having some official authority or sanction
Synonyms: official
Definition: verified officially
Usage: the election returns are now official
Similar words: confirmed
Definition: having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation
Usage: confirmed reservations; received confirmed reports of casualties; a confirmed Catholic
Synonyms: official
Definition: (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
Similar words: constituted, established
Definition: brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
Usage: the established social order; distrust the constituted authority; a team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed his prestige as an established writer; an established precedent; the established Church
Synonyms: prescribed, official
Definition: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
Usage: in prescribed order
Similar words: regular
Definition: in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
Usage: his regular calls on his customers; regular meals; regular duties