| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, position of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
appointee, assignment, berth, candidate, delegate, employment, nominee, office, officeholder, place, post, representative, situation, station, work |
| Main Entry: | bureaucrat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government official |
Synonyms: |
administrator, civil servant, desk-jockey, functionary, office-holder, pencil-pusher, politician, public servant |
| Main Entry: | minister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person high in government |
Synonyms: |
administrator, agent, aide, ambassador, assistant, cabinet member, consul, delegate, diplomat, envoy, executive, legate, liaison, lieutenant, officeholder, official, plenipotentiary, premier, prime minister, secretary |
| Notes: | a minister is commonly a person who leads the congregation of a Protestant church; pastor is another word for priest or minister and reverend is a generic prefix for a Christian leader |
| Main Entry: | officer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has high position in |
Synonyms: |
agent, appointee, bureaucrat, chief, civil servant, deputy, dignitary, director, executive, functionary, head, leader, magistrate, manager, officeholder, official, organization administrator, president, public servant, representative |
| Main Entry: | official |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person representing organization |
Synonyms: |
CEO, administrator, agent, big shot, boss, brains, brass, bureaucrat, chancellor, civil servant, commissioner, comptroller, dignitary, director, exec, executive, front office, functionary, governor, head person, higher-up, incumbent, leader, magistrate, manager, marshal, mayor, minister, officeholder, officer, panjandrum, premier, president, representative, secretary, top brass, top dog, top drawer, top*, treasurer |
| Main Entry: | politician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person pursuing or occupying elective office |
Synonyms: |
baby-kisser, boss, chieftain, congressperson, democrat, grandstander, handshaker, lawmaker, leader, legislator, member of Congress, member of parliament, office seeker, officeholder, orator, partisan, party member, president, public servant, republican, senator, speaker, statesperson, whistle-stopper |
| Main Entry: | public servant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government employee or appointee |
Synonyms: |
civil servant, elected official, government worker, officeholder, official, public employee, public official |