Synonyms for department
dɪˈpɑrt məntde·part·ment

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1. department

   Synonyms:
   section, division, portion, function, office, branch, province, line

   Antonyms:
   institution, establishment, art, science, literature, service, state, whole, organization, community, society, body

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1. department, sectionnoun

   a specialized division of a large organization

   "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"

   Synonyms:
   surgical incision, discussion section, division, section, incision, plane section, part, subdivision, segment

2. departmentnoun

   the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

   Synonyms:
   section

3. departmentnoun

   a specialized sphere of knowledge

   "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"

   Synonyms:
   section

Matched Categories

1. • Administrative District
   • Sector

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1. departmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   part, portion, division (especially a territorial division)

2. departmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   province, function, office, station, sphere of duty, course of life

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1. departmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   division, section, part, category, district, precinct, branch, province, station, sphere, capacity

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1. List of paraphrases for "department":

   ministry, ministère, département, departments, dept., departmental, administration, secretariat, service, departamento, dept, management, prosecutor, dipartimento, office, ministries, ministã, branch, governing, minister, division, directorate, sector, dpko

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1. Phil Robertson:

   This is a test case for whether rule of law really means anything in Thailand when the poor and powerless take on a state agency that has been negligent, if the (Pollution Control Department) can defy an order from the Supreme Administrative Court without facing severe consequences, it spreads the word that government agencies can do what they want.

2. Interior Department spokesperson Melissa Schwartz:

   Early this afternoon, a group of protestors entered the Stewart Lee Udall Main Interior Building, federal Protective Service personnel responded to the area to mitigate the situation. Multiple injuries were sustained by security personnel, and one officer has been transported to a nearby hospital. Medics representing both the Department and the protesters were present.

3. David Asher:

   At the State Department in the last months of the last administration we did n’t draw or assert any conclusions, but we worked successfully to reveal certain facts and raise significant questions about the clear plausibility of a lab leak origin, this was a global public service, and it is good that experts and journalists are increasingly turning their own attention to the issue, albeit belatedly.

4. Neale Vincent:

   As investors fight to secure some of the rapidly declining float of investable bonds, the market is trading like a department store's going-out-of-business sale.

5. President Barack Obama:

   Instead of trying to hold hostage funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is so important for our national security, fund that and let's get on with actually passing comprehensive immigration reform.