Word Type

Noun

The word "committee" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

alone

Typical Location

boardroom business church city council meeting city hall government meeting office building

Capable Of

decide upon budgets

Coordinate Terms

council squad task force team workgroup working group

Derived Terms

God committee a camel is a horse designed by a committee by committee central committee clearness committee comitology committal committee of the whole committee room committeeing committeeism committeeless committeeman committeepeople committeeperson committeeship committeewoman concom executive committee exploratory committee itty bitty titty committee joint committee multicommittee riding committee school committee select committee standing committee steering committee subcommittee supercommittee tissue committee vigilance committee

Derived From

commit

Has Part

more than one person

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

NGO administrative body administrative unit group nongovernmental organization

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

program committee

Type Of (IsA)

administrative unit nongovernmental organization organization of people

Receives Action

made up of people

Related Terms

accomplishment administrative administrative group advisory advisory group board board room body business business group business groups businesses chairman come come tea communism congress congress group congress groups convene council decide deciding decision decision by decision group decision making decision power decisions decisive decisive group discussion discussion group force functional functional group group group decide group deciding group decisions group people groups guardian have have decisions making making decisions many members many people meeting meetings members official official group organization organized organized group organizing organizing body people people group planning planning group power protocol room several several people smaller smaller group special special group steering steering group task task force tea tee voting voting members work work group working working group

Used For

construct camel with four humps contemplate things exchanging ideas make decisions make recommendations organizing event plan planning meeting

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.