Synonyms of bureaucrat

bureaucrat

noun

ˈbyu̇r-ə-ˌkrat 

as in clerk

a worker in a government agency

the bureaucrats at the town hall seem to think that we need a building permit to build a tree house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clerk
• official
• functionary
• worker
• employee
• mandarin
• civil servant
• public servant
• officeholder
• underling
• hireling
• officiary
• jobholder
• hand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bureaucrat

The prosecutor was aware that some people viewed career officials who had remained at the Justice Department as comparable to the bureaucrats who had dutifully followed orders in Nazi Germany. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

His father worked as a bureaucrat in Manhattan; his mother taught piano lessons from their living room. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

The men are a Chaucerian cross section—a contractor, a bureaucrat, a writer, and a doctor—brought together on a cold night in a train station’s waiting room. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026

Nearly 30 years after a million starving aliens were stranded near Johannesburg, a bureaucrat tasked with forcibly relocating them is exposed to an alien chemical and starts to experience changes. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026