bureaucrat

Noun

Meaning

An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

administrative official minister commissioner babu mandarin magistrate official suit director governor manager politician clerk deputy authority
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Antonyms

letter manager dependent employee nobody loser
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Hypernyms

official functionary

Hyponyms

procurator exciseman bean counter assessor paper-pusher taxer

Related terms

bureaucracy

Phrases with the word

visiting bureaucrat low-level bureaucrat

Examples

What can I do if everyone from the president to a junior bureaucrat is dying to convict me. If I am such a criminal, what was I doing outside jail before my marriage to Benazir? Asif Ali Zardari

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem. Gore Vidal

Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned. Milton Friedman

In this day and age, we need to revise the old saying to read, "Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned." Milton Friedman

The people want government that works for them at every level. They want good government that begins at their doorstep in the barangay, and does not end before the closed door of a bureaucrat in Metro Manila. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-bye to the Bill of Rights. H. L. Mencken

Close letter words and terms

bureau plat bureau-ocracy bureaucracy bureaucrat's bureaucratese bureaucratess