PUBLIC SERVANTS Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

public servants

noun

plural of public servant

as in officials

a person who holds a public office the new governor made a vow that he would always remember why he was called a public servant

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a worker in a government agency concerned that the new federal agency would just add another slew of public servants to the government payroll

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Recent Examples of public servants It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions and public servants sworn to uphold it. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 The Dominican government also offers Creole language training for some public servants. — Kendall Medford, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 Twenty-five years later, South Florida will honor the lives lost and sacrifices made by first responders and other public servants on 9/11. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026 Corporate vice presidents can learn from academics, entrepreneurs and public servants. — Siri Swahari, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The union fought back in federal court and saved their contract, but thousands of career public servants have been forced out of federal service. — Brendan Griffith, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026 Why Connecticut Should Lead Connecticut has a unique opportunity to lead the nation in civics education because Senator Lieberman was one of its most distinguished public servants. — Clarine Nardi Riddle, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026 From animal welfare advocates and public servants to working and therapy animals, the honorees will be recognized at the ASPCA’s annual Humane Awards in New York City. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The country’s public servants are disciplined, rules-driven, and professional. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Social events where fraternities and sororities mix with one another and with unaffiliated members are usually at least registered with university officials.

— Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
An inmate died in an apparent homicide Tuesday morning after an attack by another prisoner at California State Prison, Sacramento, state corrections officials said.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of officials

Noun

The federal government had also been squeezing the region economically, by withholding funds needed to pay Tigray’s civil servants and limiting access to banks and fuel, according to the TPLF.

— Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Experts say the Houthis have struggled to pay salaries to civil servants, including public sector doctors and diverted most tax revenues to their military wing.

— Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of civil servants

Noun

The New York Police Department released body-camera video from its officers who responded to the scene.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Spin is the result of eight years of research and development started in 2016 and handled by a team of about 10 tech, fashion and entertainment professionals in addition to Albrighi and Kuo, who serve as co-chief executive officers of the company.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of officers

Noun

Norma Mitchell, cofounder of the business and grandmother of its current top executives, died of the disease, and many other family members, employees and customers have been touched by it.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
Nearly eight in 10 Marriott associates in Europe say they are offered training or development to further themselves professionally, compared with just over half of employees at a typical European workplace.

— Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of employees

Noun

Modern-day courtiers and princes–to say nothing of bureaucrats–should not be the ones deciding what gets made and who gets to see it.

— Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
These are scientists, academics, and bureaucrats speaking with their own distinct terminology and often talking past one another.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of bureaucrats

Noun

Conrad has done an outstanding job of pulling together a team of local workers at all levels of the business.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
During the boom years of the reform era, from 1978 to the early 2000s, China was a country of productive workers.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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