Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Government

Nouns
  • government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority
  • authority etc. Authority
  • master etc. Master
  • direction etc. Direction. [nations] national government, nation, state, country, nation-state, dominion, republic, empire, union, democratic republic
  • kingdom, principality. [subdivisions of nations] state government [Lat.], state
  • shire [Brit.]
  • province [Can.]
  • county [Ire.]
  • canton [Switz.]
  • territory [Austral.]
  • duchy, archduchy, archdukedom
  • woiwodshaft
  • commonwealth
  • region etc. [Definite space.] Region
  • property etc. Property. [smaller subdivisions] county, parish city, domain, tract, mofussil, commune
  • wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing
  • ward, precinct, bailiwick. command, empire, sway, rule
  • dominion, domination
  • sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty
  • lordship, headship
  • chiefdom
  • seigniory, seigniority. rule, sway, command, control, administer
  • govern etc. (direct) Direction
  • lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne
  • sway the scepter, wield the scepter
  • wear the crown. state, realm, body politic
  • cabinet etc. (council) Council
  • seat of government, seat of authority
  • headquarters. [Acquisition of authority] accession
  • installation etc. [Vicarious authority.] Commission
  • politics etc. Authority.Existence. reign, regime, dynasty
  • directorship, dictatorship
  • protectorate, protectorship
  • caliphate, pashalic, electorate
  • presidency, presidentship
  • administration
  • proconsul, consulship
  • prefecture
  • seneschalship
  • magistrature, magistracy. monarchy
  • kinghood, kingship
  • royalty, regality
  • aristarchy, aristocracy
  • oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy
  • commonwealth
  • dominion
  • heteronomy
  • republic, republicanism
  • socialism
  • collectivism
  • mob law, mobocracy, ochlocracy
  • vox populi
  • bureaucracy
  • beadledom, bumbledom
  • stratocracy
  • military power, military government, junta
  • feodality, feudal system, feudalism. thearchy, theocracy, dinarchy
  • duarchy, triarchy, heterarchy
  • duumvirate
  • triumvirate
  • autocracy, autonomy
  • limited monarchy
  • constitutional government, constitutional monarchy
  • home rule
  • representative government
  • monocracy, pantisocracy. gynarchy, gynocracy, gynaeocracy
  • petticoat government. [government functions] legislature, judiciary, administration. [Government agencies and institutions] office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet
  • senate, house of representatives, parliament
  • council etc. Council
  • courts, supreme court
  • [U.S. national government departments], state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI
  • Central Intelligence Agency, CIA
  • National Institutes of Health, NIH
  • Postal Service, Post Office
  • Federal Aviation Administration, FAA. [national government officials] president, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister
  • senator, representatative, speaker of the house
  • department head, section head, section chief
  • federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice
  • treasurer, secretary of the treasury
  • director of the FBI. [state government officials] governor, state cabinet member
  • state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman.
Verbs
  • govern, rule, have authority, hold authority, possess authority, exercise authority, exert authority, wield authority etc. n.
  • reign, be sovereign. [acquire authority] ascend the throne, mount the throne
  • take the reins, take the reins into one's hand
  • assume authority etc. n., assume the reins of government
  • take command, assume command. [contend for authority] politics etc. Authority.Existence. be governed by, be in the power of, be a subject of, be a citizen of.
Adjectives
  • regal, sovereign, governing
  • royal, royalist
  • monarchical, kingly
  • imperial, imperiatorial
  • princely
  • feudal
  • aristocratic, autocratic
  • oligarchic etc. n.
  • republican, dynastic. ruling etc. v.
  • regnant, gubernatorial
  • imperious
  • authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute
  • hegemonic, hegemonical
  • authorized etc. (due) Dueness. [pertaining to property owned by government] government, public
  • national, federal
  • his majesty's [Brit.], her majesty's
  • state, county, city, c. N..
Phrases
  • a dog's obeyed in office" [Lear]
  • the demigod Authority [Lat.Tran] [Measure for Measure]
  • the right divine of kings to govern wrong" [Pope]
  • uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" [Henry IV].