civil servants
Public sector workers
Civil servants are government employees who work in public administration rather than elected or military positions.
The term typically excludes political appointees, covering career bureaucrats who remain in their posts regardless of which party holds power.
Civil servants process visa applications, The reform aimed to protect civil servants from political pressure.
In British usage, the term is more formal and specific than in American English, where government workers or public employees are common alternatives.
- bureaucratsAdministrative government employees
- public officialsGovernment position holders
- officersThose holding authority
- governmentAuthority over a state
- merit systemAdvancement based on ability
mandarins · functionaries · Whitehall · paper pushers · pen pushers · hierarchy · career ladder · workers · state employees · federal workforce · public sector · public servants · departments · job classifications · public accountability · public service · committees · salaries
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, administration
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- authoritiesrulers, ruler, leaders, leader, officials
- government jobsfederal jobs, government jobs, bureaucrat, officials, congressman
- government workersfederal workers, bureaucrat, federal employees, state employees, municipal workers
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
civil servantsentrepreneurs
Those who launch ventures
business owners · freelancers · consultants · corporate executives · private contractors
civil servantselected officials
Leaders chosen by vote
politicians · elected representatives · lawmakers · congressmen · senators
civil servantsthe public
People in general
taxpayers · constituents · civilians · ordinary citizens · subjects
civil, servant, civic, civilian, civilized, civilization, uncivilized, uncivil, civility