Synonyms of the word

officeholder

• n. A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office; an incumbent.

functionary

• n. A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited…
• n. A paper-pusher, bean counter.

incumbent

• adj. Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
• adj. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
• adj. Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
• adj. (botany, geology) Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of…
• adj. (zoology) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.
• adj. Being the current holder of an office or a title.
• n. The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
• n. (business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to…

officer

• n. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or…
• n. One who holds a public office.
• n. An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
• n. (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
• v. (transitive) To supply with officers.
• v. (transitive) To command like an officer.

official

• adj. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
• adj. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue…
• adj. Approved by authority; authorized.
• adj. sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
• adj. Discharging an office or function.
• adj. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
• adj. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the…
• adj. True, real, beyond doubt.
• n. An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
• n. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.