government

[guhv-ern-muhnt, ‑er-muhnt] / ˈgʌv ərn mənt, ‑ər mənt /

NOUN

management, administration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authority law ministry politics power regime rule state union

STRONG

Washington bureaucracy command control direction domination dominion empire execution executive governance guidance influence jurisdiction patronage polity predominance presidency regency regimentation regulation restraint sovereignty statecraft superintendence superiority supervision supremacy sway

WEAK

Uncle Sam political practice powers that be the feds

Antonyms

STRONG

inferiority opposition powerlessness submission subservience weakness

WEAK

anarchy chaos coup insurrection lawlessness mutiny revolt revolution

Example Sentences

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And the recent government shutdown left them working without pay for weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal

We know that, in March 2020, the government was still maintaining an almost total focus on efforts to keep schools open.

From BBC

His release followed years of advocacy efforts by his family, rights groups and the British government, with his mother, Laila Soueif, going on hunger strike.

From Barron's

The November jobs report, delayed by the government shutdown, showed the U.S. added an average of 75,000 private-sector jobs a month from September through November.

From MarketWatch

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