Government

//ˈɡʌv.ɚ.mənt//

Synonyms for "government" (185 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Related words (92)

Noun(20 words)

novemvirate octarchy octovirate pentarchy political science politics quattuorvirate quindecimvirate quinquevirate rection regime regimen septemvirate state statism tetrarchy triarchy troika undecimvirate vigintivirate

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Related word relations

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22 relation types

More general

6 entries

administration polity social control social science system system of rules

More specific

87 entries

aristocracy autarchy autocracy biarchy big government bigmanism centumvirate chiliarchy consulate decadarchy decarchy decemvirate democracy despotism diarchy dictatorship

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Antonyms

1 entries

anarchy

Synonyms

1 entries

politics

Related terms

9 entries

:Category:en:Forms of government :Template:rule by a number of people Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 737a. Government authority govern governance governor ocracy power

at location

10 entries

canada capitol building city civilization control country democracy everything nowhere trouble

capable of

24 entries

arm citizens arm citizens with weapons arm guerilla army arm militia bug office bus students condition thought demand taxes from citizens devided into sectors employs people to carry out research force citizens to comply get money govern country incur deficit let people get government jobs place ideas into mind

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coordinate

6 entries

;agreement concord concordance opposition state

defined as

1 entries

ultimate authority

derived

70 entries

G2P G2Px Jewish occupation government Zionist occupation government anti-government antigovernment band government branch of government caretaker government central government close enough for government work countergovernment cybergovernment e-government eGovernment form of government

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derived from

1 entries

govern

distinct from

1 entries

evil

etymologically related_to

1 entries

govern

has context

2 entries

grammar linguistics

has property

3 entries

corrupt jealous of power responsible for disorder

holonym

1 entries

society

is a

8 entries

human invention organization organization whose members polity social control spending tax money collect system taking away people's liberty

made of

1 entries

political ideology

not desires

2 entries

deposed revolution

not has_property

1 entries

fun

related to

60 entries

administration big body branches charge chief congress corruption country country management criminal criminal organization dc enforce federal federal organization

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used for

9 entries

control people controlling society distributing taxes enact laws leading society management oppression pass law rule people

Translations

256 translations across 150 languages.

Acehnese

1 entries

peumeurèntah noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Afrikaans

2 entries

regering noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
regering noun (state and its administration)

Albanian

1 entries

qeveri noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Amharic

1 entries

መንግሥት noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

κυβερνισμός noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Arabic

1 entries

حُكُومَة noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Aragonese

1 entries

gubierno noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Armenian

1 entries

կառավարություն noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Assamese

1 entries

চৰকাৰ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Asturian

1 entries

gobiernu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Avar

1 entries

хӏукумат noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

dövlət noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
hakimiyyət noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
hökümət noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Bashkir

1 entries

хөкүмәт noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Basque

1 entries

gobernu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Bavarian German

1 entries

Regiarung noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Belarusian

2 entries

ура́д noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
ўрад noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Bengali

3 entries

দৌলত noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
সরকার noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
হুকুমত noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Breton

1 entries

gouarnamant noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Bulgarian

1 entries

прави́телство noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Burmese

1 entries

အစိုးရ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Buryat

1 entries

засаглал noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries

вла́да noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
воло́да noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Catalan

1 entries

govern noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Cebuano

1 entries

kagamhanan noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

حوکمەت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
حکوومەت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Chechen

2 entries

правительство noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
ӏедал noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Chichewa

1 entries

boma noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Chinese

2 entries

җынфу noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
政府 noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

政府 noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

政府 noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲙⲁⲛⲉⲣϣⲓϣⲓ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Corsican

1 entries

guvernu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Czech

1 entries

vláda noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Danish

4 entries

regering noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
regering noun (tenure of a chief of state)
stat noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
styring noun (management or control of a system)

Dutch

3 entries

overheid noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
rectie noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)
regering noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Dzongkha

1 entries

སྲིད་གཞུང noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

政府 noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Erzya

2 entries

масторонь ветямо noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
правительство noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Esperanto

1 entries

registaro noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Estonian

1 entries

valitsus noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Extremaduran

2 entries

gobielnu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
gobiernu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Finnish

4 entries

hallinta noun (management or control of a system)
hallitus noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
hallitus noun (state and its administration)
hallitus noun (tenure of a chief of state)

French

2 entries

gouvernement noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
rection noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)

Friulian

1 entries

guviêr noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Galician

1 entries

goberno noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Georgian

4 entries

მართვა noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)
მთავრობა noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
მმართველობა noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)
ხელისუფლება noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

German

4 entries

Regierig noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
Regierung noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
Regierung noun (state and its administration)
Rektion noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)

Greek

1 entries

κυβέρνηση noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Gujarati

1 entries

સરકાર noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

gouvènman noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

政府 noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Hausa

1 entries

gwamnati noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Hawaiian

1 entries

aupuni noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Hebrew

1 entries

מֶמְשָׁלָה noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Hindi

2 entries

सरकार noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
हुकूमत noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Hungarian

1 entries

kormány noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Icelandic

2 entries

ríkisstjórn noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
stjórn noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Ido

1 entries

guvernerio noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Indonesian

1 entries

pemerintah noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Interlingua

1 entries

governamento noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

حُکومَت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
دُوْلَت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Irish

1 entries

rialtas noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Italian

4 entries

controllo noun (management or control of a system)
governo noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
governo noun (state and its administration)
reggenza noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)

Japanese

2 entries

支配 noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)
政府 noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Kalmyk

1 entries

залвр noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Kannada

1 entries

ಸರಕಾರ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Kazakh

1 entries

үкімет noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Khmer

2 entries

រដ្ឋបាល noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
រដ្ឋាភិបាល noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Kikuyu

1 entries

thirikari noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Korean

1 entries

정부 noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Kumyk

1 entries

гьукумат noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

өкмөт noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Ladin

1 entries

guviern noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Lao

1 entries

ລັດຖະບານ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Latin

2 entries

administrātiō noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
gubernātiō noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Latvian

1 entries

valdība noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Lezgi

1 entries

гьукумат noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Limburgish

1 entries

Regiering noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Lithuanian

2 entries

valdžia noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
vyriausybė noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Luhya

1 entries

eserikali noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Lü

3 entries

ᦉᦐᦱᧄ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
ᦟᦱᦋᦂᦱᧃ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
ᦵᦐᦲᦷᦜᧂ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Macedonian

2 entries

влада noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
управа noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Malay

2 entries

kerajaan noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
pemerintah noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Malayalam

2 entries

ഭരണകൂടം noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
സർക്കാർ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Maltese

1 entries

gvern noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠨ ᠶᠠᠮᡠᠨ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Marathi

2 entries

शासन noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
सरकार noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Mizo

1 entries

sorkar noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Mongolian

4 entries

засаг noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
засгийн газар засгийн ордон noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠨ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Māori

1 entries

kāwanatanga noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Nepali

1 entries

सरकार noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Nigerian Pidgin

1 entries

goment noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Norman

1 entries

gouvèrnément noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

hikûmet noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

myndigheter noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
regjering noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
styresmakter noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

myndigheiter noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
regjering noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
styremakter noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
styresmakter noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Occitan

1 entries

govèrn noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Odia

1 entries

ସରକାର noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Old English

4 entries

anweald noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
ealdordom noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
gerec noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
leodweard noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Oromo

1 entries

mootummaa noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

سیاست noun (management or control of a system)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

влада noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Papiamentu

1 entries

gobernashon noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Pashto

3 entries

حکومت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
دولت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
سرکار noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Persian

2 entries

حُکُومَت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
دَوْلَت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Rejierunk noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Polish

4 entries

rekcja noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)
rząd noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
władza noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
związek rządu noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)

Portuguese

4 entries

controle noun (management or control of a system)
governo noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
governo noun (state and its administration)
regência noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਸਰਕਾਰ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Romanian

2 entries

guvern noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
recțiune noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)

Russian

3 entries

госуда́рство noun (state and its administration)
прави́тельство noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
управле́ние noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)

S'gaw Karen

1 entries

ကီၢ်ပဒိၣ် noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Sanskrit

4 entries

नृपक्रिया noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
राजता noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
राज्य noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
शासन noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Sardinian

4 entries

cuberru noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
cuverrinu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
cuvrenu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
guvernu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

riaghaltas noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
riaghladh noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

vláda noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
вла́да noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Shan

2 entries

လူင်ပွင်ၸိုင်ႈ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
ဢၸူဝ်းယႃႉ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Sicilian

4 entries

cuvernu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
cuviernu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
guvernu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
guviernu noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Sinhalese

1 entries

රජය noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Slovak

1 entries

vláda noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Slovene

1 entries

vlada noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Spanish

2 entries

gobierno noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
rección noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)

Swahili

1 entries

serikali noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Swedish

3 entries

regering noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
rektion noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)
styrning noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)

Tagalog

2 entries

gobyerno noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
pamahalaan noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Tajik

2 entries

давлат noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
ҳукумат noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Tamil

4 entries

அரசாங்கம் noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
அரசாங்கம் noun (state and its administration)
அரசு noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
அரசு noun (state and its administration)

Tatar

1 entries

хөкүмәт noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Telugu

2 entries

ప్రభుత్వం noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
సర్కారు noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Thai

1 entries

รัฐบาล noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Tibetan

1 entries

གཞུང noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Tigrinya

1 entries

መንግስቲ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

gavman noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Tumbuka

1 entries

boma noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Turkish

1 entries

hükûmet noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Turkmen

1 entries

hökümet noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Ukrainian

4 entries

вла́да noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
держа́ва noun (state and its administration)
керува́ння noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)
у́ряд noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Urdu

3 entries

حُکُومَت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
دَولَت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
سَرْکار noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Uyghur

1 entries

ھۆكۈمەت noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Uzbek

1 entries

hukumat noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Venetan

3 entries

goerno noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
governo noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
guerno noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chính phủ noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Volapük

1 entries

reiganef noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Welsh

2 entries

llywodraeth noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
rheolaeth noun (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)

West-Frisian

1 entries

regear noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

政府 noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Yakut

2 entries

бырабыыталыстыба noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
дьаһалта noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Yiddish

3 entries

מלוכה noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
ממשלה noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
רעגירונג noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Yoruba

1 entries

ìjọba noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Zhuang

1 entries

cwngfuj noun (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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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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Government

Synonyms for "government" (185 found)

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Translations

Acehnese

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Assamese

Asturian

Avar

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Bavarian German

Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Buryat

Carpathian Rusyn

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Kurdish

Chechen

Chichewa

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Coptic

Corsican

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Dzongkha

Eastern Min Chinese

Erzya

Esperanto

Estonian

Extremaduran

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hakka Chinese