Government

/ˈɡʌv.ɚ.mənt/

Synonyms for "government" (197 found)

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Closest matches (40)

Strong matches (59)

Noun(15 words)
dutch colonial governmentenglish stateexecutivegovgoverninggovernment activitygovernmentalissueritalian governokokkakremlinleadershipmyriarchynational administrationnational governance
Adjective(2 words)
governing systemnational authority

Related words (98)

Noun(24 words)
norwegian nasjonaloctarchyofficialpentarchypolitical sciencepoliticspolitypowerspublicregimeregimesregulationruleruling bodyruling partyseat-of-governmentspanish estadostatestate authoritiesstate funded
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Adjective(3 words)
political authorityruling authoritiesstrong political structure

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

17 entries
administrativeauthorityinstitutionleadershiporganizationpoliticalpolitical institutionpolitical processpolitypublicpublic institutionpublic servicesocial controlsocial sciencesocial systemsystem

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More specific

18 entries
cabinetcity councilcolonial governmentelection processfederal governmentgovernment hospitalgovernment programgovernment schoollawmakinglocal governmentmayoral officenational governmentpresidential cabinetprime ministerpublic servicesstate government

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Collocations

11 entries
colonial governmentfederal governmentgovernment agencygovernment fundinggovernment officialgovernment policygovernment programgovernment schoollocal governmentmunicipal governmentnational government

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.

Source: tatoeba (1550)

The French government has launched an online game that challenges taxpayers to balance the national budget.

Source: tatoeba (1735)

Denying she was an anarchist, Katja maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it.

Source: tatoeba (1903)

The politician pushed for reform by denouncing the corruption of the government officials.

Source: tatoeba (2020)

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