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 Career public servants are people, not pawns, and no one who has devoted their life to serving the American public should have their good name destroyed for partisan, political gain. — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2026 Both officers are public servants and city employees, and this profound loss and suffering are felt across our entire municipal workforce. — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 12 Oct. 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

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Noun

Initially, county officials declined to open the list, citing the security threat of inserting a thumb drive of unknown origin into a government computer.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
In other developments, Russia unleashed another missile and drone blitz on civilian areas in Ukraine, killing at least nine people, officials said, as Zelenskyy sought more American and European help.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of officials

Noun

The postwar model of a large welfare and regulatory state, run by a class of civil servants charged with modernizing the economy, tempering market forces and defining the common good, has run its course.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
At the meeting, ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al-Raqab told the union that the amount was not a tax, but rather a donation sought by the ministry to help pay civil servants in the strip.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of civil servants

Noun

Others spoke of police chokeholds and the grainy footage that showed officers striking King with batons.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Two off-duty California State Parks officers rescued a woman from a burning vehicle Friday morning after a rollover off Highway 70 in Sutter County, officials said.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of officers

Noun

The State Department on Wednesday ordered nonemergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia amid escalating attacks by the Houthis on Saudi infrastructure.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Flock employees urged the company to adopt stronger security after a 2024 breach.

— Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of employees

Noun

Democratic politicians, bureaucrats and labor leaders, once rabble-rousers like Bass who nowadays seem to exist mostly to keep their sinecure, have labored mightily to convince unbelieving voters that Bass deserves another shot.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Half of them want to hand health care over to government bureaucrats, the other half to corporate bureaucrats.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of bureaucrats

Noun

Conflict-of-interest rules may bar some workers and their families from holding certain stocks; the Treasury has moved to ban ESG funds from accounts, but there’s no way for people to keep certain stocks out of their kids’ accounts.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
His father, Amin Mia, 26, said no health workers came to their remote village in Sylhet to offer vaccinations in time.

— Reuters, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

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