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Synonyms for cabinet

All synonyms

Noun

1. Program cabinet — in parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating…

program cabinet rare, superagency rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch. A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.

Forms

Plural
cabinets → superagencies, closets, boards, councils…

Example sentences

  • board The passengers came on board all at the same time.
  • council The council isn’t doing anything to help the city.
  • ministry We visited the Algerian ministry of agriculture.
  • closet Tom took his coat out of the closet and put it on.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cabinetsteady
boardfalling
councilfalling
ministryrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
study2, board1
6 letters
closet2, locker2
7 letters
council2, console2
8 letters
congress2, ministry3
11 letters
superagency

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
armoire
Italiano
armadio
Español
armario
Deutsch
Schrank
Català
armari