Synonyms for functionary
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fuhngk-shuh-ner-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌŋk ʃəˌnɛr i |
Top 10 synonyms for functionary Other synonyms for the word functionary
- abettor
- actor
- advocate
- ambassador
- appointee
- assignee
- attorney
- big shot
- boss
- brains
- brass
- bureaucrat
- CEO
- chancellor
- comptroller
- delegate
- desk-jockey
- dignitary
- doer
- emissary
- envoy
- exec
- executor
- factor
- factotum
- front office
- functionary
- go-between
- governor
- handler
- head
- head person
- higher-up
- incumbent
- intermediary
- lawyer
- leader
- magistrate
- manager
- marshal
- mayor
- mediary
- middleperson
- minister
- mover
- negotiator
- office-holder
- officeholder
- officer
- official
- operative
- operator
- organization administrator
- panjandrum
- pencil-pusher
- politician
- premier
- President
- principal
- proctor
- promoter
- proxy
- public servant
- representative
- salesperson
- secretary
- servant
- steward
- substitute
- surrogate
- ten percenter
- top
- top brass
- top dog
- top drawer
- treasurer
- worker
Définition of functionary
Origin :- "one who has a certain function," 1791, from or patterned on French fonctionnaire, a word of the Revolution; from Old French function (see function).
- As in officer : noun person who has high position in
- As in official : noun person representing organization
- As in bureaucrat : noun government official
- As in agent : noun person representing an organization or person in business
- He pressed the button on his desk, and, as the doorman appeared, addressed that functionary.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Justice Parsons, of Gloucester, was a functionary of this sort.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- "It is always as the good patriot says," observed the functionary.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Crawling in after the functionary, Jack handed him the letter.
- Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne
- The functionary who is called Alcayde of the carcel at Havana confused the men.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- Half an hour's walk brought him there, and the functionary was at home.
- Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
- Opposite to this functionary was a bench whereon the witnesses were placed.
- Extract from : « Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf » by George W. M. Reynolds
- I do not know if this be true, but of the functionary we might say as often as not, he does not think, he is thought.
- Extract from : « The Cult of Incompetence » by Emile Faguet
- It means, of course, when the functionary in question is a man who has his wits about him.
- Extract from : « Ten Years Later » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
- His own clothes were at once appropriated by that functionary, who carried them into his cabin.
- Extract from : « Eric, or Little by Little » by Frederic W. Farrar
Antonyms for functionary
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