All officer synonyms

noun officer

• major — Clarence, born 1936, U.S. novelist and poet.
• captain — In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank.
• colonel — A colonel is a senior officer in an army, air force, or the marines.
• brigadier — A brigadier is a senior officer who is in charge of a brigade in the British armed forces.
• field marshal — an officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.
• general — of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.
• deputy — A deputy is the second most important person in an organization such as a business or government department. Someone's deputy often acts on their behalf when they are not there.
• detective — A detective is someone whose job is to discover what has happened in a crime or other situation and to find the people involved. Some detectives work in the police force and others work privately.
• police — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
• police officer — any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
• arm — Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
• badge — A badge is a piece of metal or cloth which you wear to show that you belong to an organization or support a cause. American English usually uses button to refer to a small round metal badge.
• centurion — A centurion was an officer in the Roman army.
• cop — A cop is a policeman or policewoman.
• flatfoot — Pathology. a condition in which the arch of the foot is flattened so that the entire sole rests upon the ground. Also, flat foot. a foot with such an arch.
• noncom — a noncommissioned officer.
• sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
• sheriff — the law-enforcement officer of a county or other civil subdivision of a state.
• mounty — (obsolete) The rise of a hawk, after prey.
• constable — In Britain and some other countries, a constable is a police officer of the lowest rank.
• policeman — a member of a police force or body.
• policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
• peace officer — a civil officer appointed to preserve the public peace, as a sheriff or constable.
• patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
• official — a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
• bureaucrat — Bureaucrats are officials who work in a large administrative system. You can refer to officials as bureaucrats especially if you disapprove of them because they seem to follow rules and procedures too strictly.
• representative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
• administrator — An administrator is a person whose job involves helping to organize and supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
• executive — Having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect.
• manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
• exec — An executive.
• agent — A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent.
• chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
• civil servant — A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
• director — a person or thing that directs.
• leader — a person or thing that leads.
• president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
• appointee — An appointee is someone who has been chosen for a particular job or position of responsibility.
• dignitary — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
• functionary — a person who functions in a specified capacity, especially in government service; an official: civil servants, bureaucrats, and other functionaries.
• head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
• magistrate — a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
• officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
• public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.