What does officer mean?
Word: Officer
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Officer means a person in a position of authority, for example in the army, navy, police or government.
Synonyms: commander
How do you spell officer?
Syllables: of - fi - cer
Tricky part: Officer is office with r added, so the c stays. Writing s for the soft c sound gives the mistake offiser.
Watch out for: offiser, ofiser, officier
Memory tip: An officer works from an office. Write office and add r.
Officer in a sentence
Example 1: The police officer helped the old man cross the road.
Example 2: My cousin became an officer in the Indian Navy.
Example 3: The election officer checked our voter ID cards.
Fun Fact
Officers of the Indian Administrative Service are chosen through the Civil Services Examination held by the UPSC.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The forest ceifrof showed us the pugmarks of a tiger near the stream.
a) effort
b) office
c) officer
d) coffer
Show answer
c) officer. Office and coffer are a letter short, and effort has a t; the seven letters give officer.
Spell-o-Spell
Find the correctly spelt word in the list and choose its meaning.
1. constible 2. officer 3. sargeant 4. lieutenent
a) someone who holds a post of command
b) a rank above corporal in the army or police
c) a member of the police of the lowest rank
d) an army rank just below captain
Show answer
a) someone who holds a post of command. Lieutenant, sergeant and constable are the right forms; only officer is correct as listed.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word officer as it is used in the sentence:
The customs officer checked every bag at the airport.
a) pilot
b) porter
c) official
d) passenger
Show answer
c) official. A customs officer is a government official.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The officer at the railway enquiry counter politely told us that our train to Chennai would arrive on platform number seven in about twenty minits.
a) officer
b) minits
c) platform
d) politely
Show answer
b) minits. Minutes is spelt min-utes, with a u and an e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who among these would be called an officer?
a) a passenger on a bus
b) a sweet-shop owner
c) a student in Class 7
d) a district collector
Show answer
d) a district collector
2. A naval officer mainly serves ____.
a) in hospitals
b) on ships
c) on farms
d) in banks
Show answer
b) on ships
