| Main Entry: | legislature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | governmental body, most often elected, that makes laws |
Synonyms: |
assembly, body, chamber, congress, council, diet, house, house of representatives, lawmakers, parliament, plenum, senate, voice of the people |
| Notes: | legislation is the act of making or enacting laws, while legislature is the body of people who make or amend or repeal laws |
| Main Entry: | administration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human or group who manages effort of an organization |
Synonyms: |
admiral, advisers, board, bureau, cabinet, chair, chairperson, chargé d'affaires, command, commander, committee, consulate, department, directors, embassy, executive, executives, feds, front office, general, governing body, headquarters, legislature, management, ministry, officers, officials, powers, presidency, president, presidium, stewards, superintendents, supervisors, top brass, upstairs |
| Main Entry: | chamber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legislative body |
Synonyms: |
assembly, council, legislature, organization, representatives |
| Main Entry: | congress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delegation of representatives |
Synonyms: |
assembly, association, caucus, chamber, club, committee, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, delegates, government, guild, league, legislative body, legislature, meeting, order, parliament, senate, society, the Hill, the house, union |
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws |
Synonyms: |
commons, congress, council, legislative body, legislature, parliament |
| Notes: | a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Main Entry: | politics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | art and science of administration of government |
Synonyms: |
affairs of state, backroom, campaigning, civics, domestic affairs, electioneering, foreign affairs, government, government policy, hat in the ring, internal affairs, jungle*, legislature, matters of state, political science, polity, smoke-filled room, statecraft, stateship, zoo |