Official definition
Official is an adjective meaning "having official authority or sanction." It has 7 meanings, as an adjective and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun
- Syllables
- 3
- Letters
- 8
- How common
- Everyday word
Official as an adjective
having official authority or sanction
"official permission"
of or relating to an office
"official privileges"
verified officially
"the election returns are now official"
conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
Same sense: prescribed
(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
Official as a noun
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Same sense: functionary
someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
"the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
Synonyms and antonyms
- prescribed
- functionary
Opposite: unofficial.
How to say official
Official has 3 syllables and rhymes with initial. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with official
- initial
- artificial
- judicial
- beneficial
- unofficial
- superficial
- sacrificial
- interstitial
- prejudicial
OFFICIAL in word games
- Scrabble
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Anagrams
- 0
Is OFFICIAL a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check OFFICIAL in the word checker, or unscramble OFFICIAL to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.