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governing body

NOUN
administration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
board bureau cabinet committee department executive legislature management ministry presidency
STRONG
President admiral advisers chair chairperson command commander consulate directors embassy executives feds general headquarters officers officials powers presidium stewards superintendents supervisors upstairs
WEAK
chargé d'affaires front office top brass
NOUN
cabinet
Synonyms
STRONGEST
administration authority committee government ministry
STRONG
administrators advisers assembly assistants bureau bureaucracy council counselors
WEAK
brain trust department heads kitchen cabinet official family
NOUN
council
Synonyms
STRONG
assembly board body cabinet chamber clan committee conclave confab conference congregation congress convention convocation diet directorate gang gathering groupthink huddle meet ministry mob outfit panel parliament ring senate synod
WEAK
brain trust kitchen cabinet official family
Antonyms
STRONG
individual one

Example Sentences

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The decrease is unlikely to put to bed the row over the steep pricing that also drew rebukes from football's governing body, FIFA.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

JT Batson said officials from the governing body had been "incredible partners in helping us learn from what works well in England".

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Despite initial controversy that super shoes were fundamentally changing the sport, the world governing body of running, World Athletics, eventually legalized them with only a few limitations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

In Wales, the golf governing body says it is aware of very few courses being converted into housing.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

The two women and three men constituted the governing body that had been established after the fall of the gods.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor