All governing body synonyms

noun governing body

• legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
• management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
• ministry — the service, functions, or profession of a minister of religion.
• cabinet — A cabinet is a cupboard used for storing things such as medicine or alcoholic drinks or for displaying decorative things in.
• bureau — A bureau is an office, organization, or government department that collects and distributes information.
• board — A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose.
• committee — A committee is a group of people who meet to make decisions or plans for a larger group or organization that they represent.
• department — A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
• presidency — the office, function, or term of office of a president.
• administration — Administration is the range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that an organization or institution functions.
• authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
• government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
• upstairs — up the stairs; to or on an upper floor.
• general — of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.
• chair — A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on. Chairs have a back and four legs.
• president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
• commander — A commander is an officer in charge of a military operation or organization.
• consulate — A consulate is the place where a consul works.
• chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
• headquarters — a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always in touch with headquarters.
• command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
• admiral — An admiral is a senior officer in a navy.
• feds — the Fed, Informal. the Federal Reserve System.
• presidium — (in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers: the presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
• powers — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
• bureaucracy — A bureaucracy is an administrative system operated by a large number of officials.
• assembly — An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country.
• council — A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county.
• gathering — a drawing together; contraction.
• gang — a group or band: A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
• ring — a male given name.
• conference — A conference is a meeting, often lasting a few days, which is organized on a particular subject or to bring together people who have a common interest.
• confab — A confab is an informal, private conversation.
• synod — an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
• convention — A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.
• body — Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs.
• parliament — (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.
• conclave — A conclave is a meeting at which the discussions are kept secret. The meeting which is held to elect a new Pope is called a conclave.
• congress — Congress is the elected group of politicians that is responsible for making the law in the United States. It consists of two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
• convocation — A convocation is a meeting or ceremony attended by a large number of people.
• powwow — a large gathering organized by North American Indians for socializing, dancing, singing, and celebrating their culture.
• diet — the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan.
• congregation — The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation.
• mob — Digital Technology. (in a video game) a hostile nonplayer character that the player may target and fight.
• outfit — an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
• panel — a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
• clan — A clan is a group which consists of families that are related to each other.
• huddle — to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
• chamber — A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
• meet — greatest lower bound