officialdomnoun [ U ]
uk/əˈfɪʃ.əl.dəm/us/əˈfɪʃ.əl.dəm/disapprovingused to refer to those people who have a position of authority, especially in government, usually when they are preventing you from doing what you want to do or are slow or not effective
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People in charge of or controlling other people
- administrator
- authority
- bureaucrat
- chairman
- chairperson
- force
- giant
- Goliath
- guiding spirit
- headman
- helicopter parent
- hierarchy
- leader
- marshal
- operator
- overlord
- paymaster
- pillar
- powerhouse
- presidency
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