Synonyms of mandarin

1. mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata, citrus, citrus tree: usage: shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
2. mandarin, elitist: usage: a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
3. mandarin, official, functionary: usage: any high government official or bureaucrat
4. mandarin, Chinese: usage: a high public official of imperial China
5. mandarin, mandarin orange, citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit: usage: a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
6. Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Beijing dialect, Chinese: usage: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China