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Synonyms for department

24 synonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

district division branch bailiwick ministry bureau precinct

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Office — A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like

office UK AU, division, province, branch, district, part, field, specialty US AU CA, speciality UK, bailiwick, jurisdiction, function, capacity, realm, sphere, domain

2. School

school, faculty, college

Other

section, bureau, ministry, category, line, precinct

Definitions

n. 1
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.
n. 2
A part, portion, or subdivision.

Related words

Phrases: casualty department emergency department police department cabinet department department store fire department treasury department discount department store

Forms

Plural: departments → offices, divisions, provinces, branches…

Example sentences

district Here's a list of postcodes for the whole district.
division Each compromise seemed to lead to deeper division.
branch Some birds are sitting on the branch of that tree.
ministry We visited the Algerian ministry of agriculture.
bureau I intend to put this matter to the Bureau tonight.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
department		falling
district		falling
division		falling
branch		falling
bailiwick		falling
ministry		rising

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

By length

4 letters: part¹, line¹
5 letters: field¹, realm¹
6 letters: school¹, office², branch¹, bureau², domain², sphere¹
7 letters: college², section², faculty³
8 letters: district², division³, function², capacity⁴, ministry³, category⁴, province², precinct²
9 letters: specialty³, bailiwick³
10 letters: speciality⁵
12 letters: jurisdiction⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (office² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: département
Italiano: dipartimento