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

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For this year's tournament, the world football governing body set out a number of environmental pledges, including:

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, had other plans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

Among other issues, the contractor hired to design and build the system has accused the governing body of LAX, Los Angeles World Airports, of imposing numerous “blockers” that have delayed the train’s opening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

In the 2026 World Cup, only eight out of 48 teams do not have a player born abroad, according to official squad lists submitted to world football's governing body Fifa.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

But this is the student council, the governing body of the whole middle school.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

governing body

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