Synonyms for legislature
Most common
general assembly legislative body congress legislative
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Legislative body
2. Congress
congress, legislative, legislative branch, assembly
Definitions
- n. 1
A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
members of the legislature
- n. 2
A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws. The legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- entity
Forms
- Plural
- legislatures → congresses, legislatives, assemblies…
Example sentences
- congress Tom has represented us in Congress for many years.
- legislative Algeria's legislative elections were successful.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| legislature | falling | |
| congress | falling | |
| legislative | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- congress2, assembly3
- 11 letters
- legislative4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (congress2 = 2 syllables).