Government

Quick meaning: Government is a noun meaning The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

Meaning

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

More Meanings

1. (grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.
2. The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
3. (uncountable) The management or control of a system.
4. The tenure of a head of government; the ministry or administration led by a specified individual.
5. In a parliamentary system, the political party or coalition in power; its condition of being in power.
6. (debating) The team tasked with presenting and speaking in favour of a resolution, as opposed to the opposition.
7. A guberniya.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: state, administration

British government has historically centred exclusively on London.

If the citizens must follow the law, then the government must follow the constitution.

[…]and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Word Forms

• governments
• govermint

Synonyms for government

Depending on context, synonyms include administration, governance, management, statism, regimen, rection.

Antonyms for government

Common opposites include anarchy, chaos, insurgency, people, rebellion, uprising.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include governance, authorities, politics, regime, governing, federal.

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