Noun

• S: (n) official, functionary (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
• S: (n) official (someone who administers the rules of a game or sport) "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) adjudicator (a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes)
• S: (n) judge, justice, jurist (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)
• S: (n) official (someone who administers the rules of a game or sport) "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

Adjective

• S: (adj) official (having official authority or sanction) "official permission"; "an official representative"
• S: (adj) official (of or relating to an office) "official privileges"
• pertainym
• derivationally related form
• S: (adj) official (verified officially) "the election returns are now official"
• S: (adj) official, prescribed (conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline) "in prescribed order"
• S: (adj) official ((of a church) given official status as a national or state institution)