Functionary

What do we mean by functionary?

One who holds an office or a trust or performs a particular function; an official. noun

One who holds an office or a trust: as, a public functionary; secular functionaries. noun

One charged with the performance of a function or office noun

A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required. noun

A worker who holds or is invested with an office noun

A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required.

A paper-pusher, bean counter.

Words that are spelled similarly to functionary:
functionary, functional, sanctionary, functionally, functionate, factionary, functionals, auctionary, fractionary, fictionary, functionale, funcionar.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word functionary:
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Words that rhyme with functionary:
dictionary, cherry, arbitrary, contemporary, ancillary, wary, itinerary, stationary, fiduciary, proprietary, carry, necessary, library, corollary, stationery, preliminary, contrary, extraordinary, sanctuary, mary, tertiary, primary, berry, vary, secretary, very, adversary, blueberry, ordinary, subsidiary, sedentary, estuary, scary, vocabulary, culinary, apothecary, fairy, tarry, cemetery, bury, temporary, beneficiary, monetary, salutary, dairy, harry, mercenary, literary, discretionary, solitary, pecuniary, aerie, merry, obituary, legendary, visionary, unitary, confectionery, prairie, parry, marry, lapidary, commentary, airy, emissary, unnecessary, seminary, luminary, canary, raspberry, nary, revolutionary, february, barre, military, tributary, ferry, strawberry, arie, eyrie, secondary, mulberry, gooseberry, reactionary, customary, imaginary, confectionary, missionary, epistolary, huckleberry, hereditary, capillary, judiciary, ary, hairy, veterinary, monastery, sanitary, pulmonary, dysentery.

Adjectives that are often used to describe functionary:
public, high, important, religious, minor, chief, civil, highest, communist, mere, local, judicial, former, legal, single, level, time, ecclesiastical, senior, petty, key, latter, worthy, british, ranking, distinguished, french, administrative, respectable, royal, bureaucratic, soviet, official, useful, subordinate, imperial, lowest, top, principal, responsible, powerful, prominent, permanent, female, superior, turkish, obscure, timid, typical, humble, exalted, colonial, civic, cultic, egyptian, inferior, salaried, municipal, intelligent, governmental, loyal, lesser, supreme, august, diplomatic, able.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective functionary:
role, sewing, class, workers, government, career, position, terrorism, work, historian, home.

Words that sound like functionary:
functionary, functionaries, factionary, functionally, function word, sanctionary, functional, functioning, function, functions, functioned, funktion, lectionary, functionless.