senior officials
High-ranking administrators
Senior officials are people holding high-ranking positions within a government, organization, or institution.
The phrase appears constantly in news reports, often to attribute information without naming sources: Senior officials say the president is considering military options.
It implies authority and access to privileged information, though the exact level of seniority remains deliberately vague.
- CEOTop corporate officer
- presidentElected leader of nation
- top brassSenior leadership collectively
- chancellorSenior administrative official
- generalWidespread, not specialized
cabinet member · cabinet secretary · deputy minister · foreign minister · senator · party leader · secretary-general · executive director · prime minister · high commissioner · ambassador · governor · CFO · chief of staff · envoy · field marshal · chairman · director-general
senior officialssubordinates
Those ranked below
junior staff · clerks · assistants · aides · interns
senior officialsrookies
Inexperienced beginners in profession
novices · newcomers · recruits · fresh recruits · apprentices
senior officialsordinary citizens
the public · outsiders · civilians · laypeople · common people
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