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Synonyms and antonyms of Government departments and public bodies in American Thesaurus
Government departments and public bodies
administration (noun)
agency (noun)
a government department, or an organization connected with a government, that deals with a particular subject
branch (noun)
a part of the government with a particular responsibility. The three branches of government are the legislative branch (=the legislature that makes laws), the executive branch (=the president who governs according to those laws), and the judicial branch (=the judges and courts who make certain that the laws are used correctly).
the Bureau (noun)
a government department or part of a government department
the civil service (noun)
a country’s government departments and the people who work in them
Corp. (abbreviation)
corporation (noun)
British the local government of a city
council (noun)
an organization that provides local government in a city, county, etc.
customs (noun)
economics a government department that collects taxes on goods that people bring into a country
directorate (noun)
a part of a government department that deals with a particular area of activity
emanation of the state (noun)
a term used in European law to describe any body that provides a public service under the control of government
the executive (noun)
legal the executive branch of government
the executive branch (noun)
the part of government that makes certain that laws are being used as planned. The other two parts of government are the legislative branch and the judicial branch.
high commission (noun)
the office that the government of one Commonwealth country has in another Commonwealth country, similar to an embassy
intelligence (noun)
a government organization that collects information about the secret plans and activities of a foreign government, enemy, etc.
the Interior (noun)
the government department that is responsible for things that happen within a country, not for relations between that country and others
the judicial branch (noun)
the part of government that includes all the judges and courts in a country. The other parts of government are the executive branch and the legislative branch.
the judiciary (noun)
mainly British the judicial branch of government
legation (noun)
mainly British an office in a foreign country where representatives of your own government work or live. It is less important than an embassy.
local government (noun)
the organizations that provide public services in a particular town or area, controlled by officials chosen in local elections
ministry (noun)
a government department in the U.K. and some other countries, or the building from which it operates
municipality (noun)
the local government of a place
national assembly (noun)
in some countries, an elected institution that has the power to rule
NDPB (noun)
non-departmental public body: an organization that advises the government on particular policy areas or that provides a public service, but is not a government department
NGO (noun)
non-governmental organization: an organization which is neither a government department, nor a business operating for profit. NGOs are often paid for by the government and may work with government departments, but they are independent of the government.
office (noun)
officialdom (noun)
government departments, or the people who work in them. This word usually shows that you dislike these people, because you think they are not helpful.
Parliament (noun)
the main law-making institution in some countries. In the U.K., Parliament consists of politicians elected to the House of Commons and members of the House of Lords
press office (noun)
a department of a government or other organization that is responsible for dealing with reporters
public body (noun)
an organization whose work is part of the process of government, but is not a government department
secretariat (noun)
secret service (noun)
a government department that secret agents work for
the separation of powers (noun)
the principle by which the responsibilities of the state are separated into distinct branches, usually the legislature, the judiciary, and the executive, in order to stop any one branch having too much power
service (noun)
an organization that does work for a government
the Treasury (noun)
the government department responsible for a country’s financial matters