Synonyms for Bureau
ˈbyʊər oʊ; ˈbyʊər oʊzbu·reau

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.8 / 5 votes

1. agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authoritynoun

   an administrative unit of government

   "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

   Synonyms:
   assurance, billet, berth, means, confidence, chest of drawers, spot, bureau, delegacy, role, office staff, function, dominance, post, dresser, sanction, part, authority, self-assurance, power, way, say-so, sureness, place, representation, government agency, agency, chest, position, business office, self-confidence, potency, authorisation, situation, office, authorization, federal agency

2. chest of drawers, chest, bureau, dressernoun

   furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

   Synonyms:
   authority, thorax, chest, dresser, toilet table, government agency, federal agency, agency, pectus, office, vanity, dressing table, chest of drawers, bureau, actor's assistant, breast

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1. • Administrative Unit
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. bureaunoun

   Synonyms:
   chest of drawers

2. bureaunoun

   Synonyms:
   office, counting-room, place of business

3. bureaunoun

   Synonyms:
   department (of government)

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1. List of paraphrases for "bureau":

   office, desk, room, table, officers, mesa, praesidium, bureaux, suite, council, board, branch, office, office, presidium, fbl, inning, unops, presidency, emb, oios, offices, fbi, προεδρείο, directorate-general

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1. State Department:

   We hope that State Department reconsiders this decision or, at the very least, ensures that there is no minimum percentage of employees which must report to work. Each bureau and office must be empowered to make decisions based on individual circumstances.

2. The Sierra Club:

   The City of Los Angeles spoke with one voice and rejected buying power from the ecologically damaging Soda Mountain Solar project, given the Bureau of Land Management’s recent decision to approve the project, this leadership from Los Angeles is well-timed and makes a powerful statement.

3. Jimmy Gomez:

   It seems like there's an obvious pattern that President Donald Trump are not in control of the Census Bureau, and the political appointees of The Trump administration are.

4. Nora Meyers Sackett:

   State and federal workplace safety regulations apply to the industry just as they do to all other workplaces, and the state Occupational Health and Safety Bureau is investigating, this is an ongoing investigation, and we’re awaiting additional facts in order to understand how something so terrible and heartbreaking could have happened.

5. Chief Executive Drew Nelson:

   It is now clear that the impact of Huawei's addition to the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security's Entity List is having far-reaching and long-lasting impacts on global supply chains.