Hypernyms for "official"
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administrative official
agent
apparatchik
appointee
bailiff
beadle
bureaucrat
caretaker
censor
census taker
church officer
city father
civil servant
commissar
Comptroller General
Comptroller of the Currency
diplomat
diplomatist
dispatcher
doorkeeper
elected official
enumerator
equerry
federal agent
fire marshall
fire warden
football official
forest fire fighter
hangover
hearing examiner
hearing officer
holdover
incumbent
Inquisitor
invalidator
judge
jurist
justice
licenser
linesman
mace
macebearer
macer
mandarin
notary
notary public
noticer
nullifier
officeholder
officer
political commissar
postmaster general
proconsul
prosecuting attorney
prosecuting officer
prosecutor
provincial
public prosecutor
quaestor
ranger
recorder
record-keeper
recruiter
ref
referee
registrar
regulator
returning officer
scorekeeper
scorer
sealer
searcher
starter
teller
timekeeper
timer
town clerk
ump
umpire
usher
vizier
voider
vote counter
weigher
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.