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. Amir Siraj:

   I thought that we would never learn the true nature of this meteor, that it was just blocked somewhere in the government after our many tries, and so actually seeing that letter from the Department of Defense with my eyes was a really incredible moment.

2. Bruce Ohr:

   Part of my job, as I saw it, as having been for a long time responsible for organized crime at Justice Department, was to try to gather as much information or introduce the FBI to possible sources of information, whatever ways to further the program's goal.

3. Don Kilmer:

   We won in trial court because the trial judge was not persuaded by the evidence submitted by California that the waiting period would have any public safety benefits, one department finds a gun legal. Another finds it illegal. Conflicting opinions are expressed.

4. Biden TransitionBiden:

   The Defense Department won't even brief us on many things.

5. Special Agent Stephen Emmett:

   The passenger, however, was transported for medical/mental evaluation under the direction and coordination of the Atlanta Police Department, while there are currently no federal charges pending, the facts of the matter are being relayed to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta.