Synonyms and antonyms of Groups of government officials in British Thesaurus

apparatus (noun)

the people and organizations involved in some aspect of government

assembly (noun)

a part of a government consisting of people who have been elected to make laws

assembly (noun)

a group of people who have been elected in order to discuss issues and make decisions affecting a particular region

bureaucracy (noun)

the people employed to run government organizations

cabinet (noun)

a group of members of a government who are chosen by the leader of the government to give advice and be responsible for its policies. In the British political system, members of the cabinet are called cabinet ministers and each minister is usually the head of one of the main government departments, such as Health or Defence

Capitol Hill ()

the US Congress

caucus (noun)

mainly American a group of politicians within a political party who have special interests or responsibilities

city council (noun)

the elected officials who govern a city: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

city hall (noun)

American the council members and officials who manage a city

congress (noun)

a group of people who are chosen or elected to make laws in some countries

Congress ()

the group of people in the US who are elected to make laws. It consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate

council (noun)

the elected officials who govern a local area such as a city or county: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

county council (noun)

in the UK and some US counties, a group of people who are elected to govern a county

district council (noun)

a group of people elected to manage and make decisions about public services in a particular area of the UK

the Electoral College ()

the people chosen by voters in individual states to elect the president and vice president of the United States

front bench (noun)

government ministers or senior opposition politicians

government (noun)

the people who control a country, region, or town and make decisions about its laws and taxes: followed by a singular or plural verb

government (noun)

the members of the main political party in a parliament, or the members of the cabinet (=the group of politicians with the most important jobs) in a system with a parliament

the Hill (noun)

Americaninformal the US Congress

junta (noun)

a group of military officers that governs a country, usually without having been elected

legislature (noun)

a group of people who are elected to create laws in a particular area, especially a US state

panchayat (noun)

Indian English a village council

parish council (noun)

the local government in some small areas in England

Parliament (noun)

an official elected group of people in some countries who meet to make the laws of the country and discuss national issues

rearguard (noun)

the members of a political organization who do not want the organization to change

royal commission (noun)

a committee organized by the government of the UK whose job is to consider a particular issue

secretariat (noun)

a group of senior people within a government or organization

select committee (noun)

a small group of politicians who are chosen to find out about a particular subject and then make a report

soviet (noun)

one of the elected government councils that ruled the USSR when it existed in the past

town council (noun)

British a group of people who are responsible for making decisions about public services in a town

town council (noun)

American a group of people chosen or elected to govern a town

town hall (noun)

the government officials and other people who work at a town hall

Ways and Means Committee (noun)

a committee of members of the US House of Representatives that considers laws about money spent by the government. Its full name is the ‘House Committee on Ways and Means’.

Whitehall ()

all the government officials in the UK who work in these departments