officer

Speech parts

1. officer - Noun

2. officer - Verb

3. Officer - Proper noun

Meaning

One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.

Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.

To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.

To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

policeman police officer officeholder military officer bobby lieutenant chancellor commissioner sergeant ensign commandant provost constable chamberlain ranger

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Antonyms

prowler employee subordinate subsidiary peer perpetrator

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Hypernyms

jack mariner gob seafarer seaman man

Hyponyms

secretary bobby inspector commandant constable Potemkin

Related terms

co NCO

Phrases with the word

master warrant officer field training officer law enforcement officer officer of the law parking enforcement officer command master chief petty officer

Derivatives

officered officering

Examples

an officer is responsible for the lives of his men Source: Internet

he is an officer of the court Source: Internet

the club elected its officers for the coming year Source: Internet

he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines Source: Internet

it was an accident, officer Source: Internet

A beautiful curvy Ghanaian police officer identified as Yvonne Appiah has caused heads to roll over her latest birthday photos on social media. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

officeless officelike officemate officer cadet officer cap officer caste of medieval early-modern japan