Definition for Department:

• A separate part or division or branch, especially of duty, business, or inquiry; a political division of territory in a country, as in France.

Synonyms for Department:

• n.

  •
  • office,
  • business,
  • dominion,
  • niche,
  • function,
  • vocation,
  • incumbency,
  • station,
  • avocation,
  • duty,
  • spot,
  • berth,
  • interest,
  • administration (of an estate),
  • specialty,
  • assignment,
  • job,
  • capacity,
  • activity,
  • occupation,
  • jurisdiction.
  •
  • commission,
  • tract,
  • the Bible Belt,
  • staff,
  • beat,
  • committee,
  • commune,
  • force,
  • area,
  • cape cod,
  • constituency,
  • unit,
  • quarter,
  • commonwealth,
  • territory,
  • costa,
  • corps,
  • canton,
  • the Corn Belt,
  • circuit,
  • authority,
  • colonia,
  • the Cotton Belt,
  • board,
  • parish,
  • range,
  • act.
  •
  • organ,
  • wing,
  • fitting room,
  • counter.
  •
  • scene,
  • subject,
  • world,
  • circle.
  •administration (noun)
  • head-quarters,
  • super visors,
  • top brasses,
  • super-visors,
  • super visor,
  • charge daffaires,
  • up stairs,
  • up-stairs,
  • governing bodies.
  •area of interest, expertise (noun)
  • line,
  • responsibility,
  • walk of life,
  • classification.
  •arm (noun)
  • ex tensions,
  • ex-tension,
  • ex-tensions,
  • ex tension.
  •category (noun)
  • heading,
  • tier.
  •class (noun)
  • de nomination,
  • de-gree,
  • de grees,
  • de-nominations,
  • de nominations,
  • de-grees,
  • de-nomination,
  • de gree.
  •classification (noun)
  • dis position,
  • co ordinations,
  • categorizings,
  • distributings,
  • dis-position,
  • typecastings,
  • tabulatings,
  • co-ordinations,
  • allotings,
  • pigeonholings,
  • co ordination,
  • dis-positions,
  • cataloguings,
  • sizings,
  • dis positions,
  • sortings.
  •cognition (noun)
  • department.
  •district (noun)
  • neck the woods,
  • neck woods.
  •division (noun)
  • rakeoff,
  • sub divisions,
  • sub-divisions,
  • sub-division,
  • sub division,
  • dividing lines,
  • rake offs,
  • rakeoffs,
  • piece action.
  •domain (noun)
  • de-mesne,
  • home parks,
  • de mesne.
  •faculty (noun)
  • pro-fessor,
  • literatis,
  • pro fessor,
  • re-searchers,
  • pro-fessors,
  • professorates,
  • re searchers,
  • re-searcher,
  • re searcher,
  • pro fessors.
  •field (noun)
  • champaigns,
  • cup tea.
  •genus (noun)
  • sub family,
  • sub-family,
  • sub families,
  • genuses,
  • sub-families.
  •line (noun)
  • specialization,
  • specializations,
  • forte.
  •line of work (noun)
  • life work,
  • life's work,
  • line of business.
  •ministry (noun)
  • administrative agencies,
  • executive branches.
  •orbit (noun)
  • ex tents,
  • ex-tent,
  • ex-tents,
  • ex tent.
  •part (noun)
  • de tail,
  • de-tail,
  • anies,
  • de-tails,
  • de tails.
  •province (noun)
  • de pendency,
  • co unties,
  • co-unties,
  • pro-vinces,
  • de-pendencies,
  • de-pendency,
  • pro vinces,
  • pro-vince,
  • pro vince,
  • de pendencies.
  •school (noun)
  • seminary,
  • schoolhouses,
  • schoolhouse,
  • halls of ivy,
  • Seminaries.
  •sphere (noun)
  • walk life.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • security,
  • salad bar,
  • press office,
  • hr,
  • customer services,
  • bargain-basement,
  • acquisitions,
  • nerve center,
  • departmental,
  • food chain,
  • mailroom,
  • back office,
  • interdepartmental,
  • divisional,
  • Human Resources,
  • bailiwick,
  • sale,
  • cold store,
  • help desk,
  • personnel,
  • branch,
  • shop front,
  • checkout.
  •
  • haberdashery,
  • desk,
  • changing room,
  • studio,
  • arena,
  • menswear,
  • storefront.
  •
  • dressing room,
  • facility,
  • bag.
  •
  • window.
  •bureau
  • secretariat.
  •Other relevant words:
  • fire brigade,
  • soil,
  • environs,
  • neighbourhood,
  • piece,
  • accommodate,
  • special correspondent,
  • affiliate,
  • county,
  • lay out,
  • contrive,
  • BRANCH OFFICE,
  • consign,
  • barony,
  • rank,
  • chief justice,
  • assort,
  • detachment,
  • partition,
  • section head,
  • corridor,
  • prime minister,
  • cabinet member,
  • connect,
  • clearing,
  • march,
  • distinguishing mark,
  • vice president,
  • corporation,
  • war correspondent,
  • fire truck,
  • leather strip,
  • routine,
  • mete out,
  • plane section,
  • engine company,
  • sort,
  • furnish,
  • minister,
  • Amianthus,
  • reservation,
  • head,
  • surgical incision,
  • tie,
  • fire hose,
  • Pumper,
  • store,
  • subdivision,
  • fiefdom,
  • public relations man,
  • confines,
  • newswoman,
  • premises,
  • have charge of,
  • live,
  • land,
  • Subdepartment,
  • front,
  • pale,
  • aerial ladder,
  • three-mile limit,
  • continental shelf,
  • regulate,
  • constabulary,
  • firm,
  • municipality,
  • offshore rights,
  • game,
  • variety store,
  • local,
  • hemisphere,
  • worry,
  • Shrievalty,
  • senator,
  • justice,
  • career,
  • hinterland,
  • cutcherry,
  • execute,
  • general store,
  • kind,
  • ranking,
  • Sheriffalty,
  • dispose of,
  • subsidiary,
  • asbestos,
  • fire hydrant,
  • fireman,
  • bestow,
  • newscaster,
  • firmament,
  • sportscaster,
  • sort out,
  • house,
  • ground,
  • subdiscipline,
  • orb,
  • DEPT,
  • spin off,
  • service,
  • hobby,
  • adapt,
  • organize,
  • Constablery,
  • grade,
  • variety,
  • border,
  • satisfy,
  • anchorwoman,
  • be in,
  • Sheriffwick,
  • segment,
  • company,
  • commissariat,
  • newsman,
  • belt,
  • country,
  • Amianth,
  • incision,
  • stay,
  • treasurer,
  • order,
  • publish,
  • Constablewick,
  • shop,
  • lookout,
  • journalist,
  • distribute,
  • cue,
  • get along with,
  • zone,
  • president,
  • foreign correspondent,
  • school,
  • bucket,
  • anchorman,
  • subsection,
  • kingdom,
  • portion,
  • grouping,
  • space,
  • sectional,
  • appoint,
  • concern,
  • affair,
  • reside,
  • manage,
  • component,
  • chapter,
  • complete work,
  • borderland,
  • thing,
  • type,
  • precincts,
  • place,
  • reporter,
  • role,
  • control,
  • ambit,
  • neighborhood,
  • fief,
  • central bank,
  • salient,
  • airspace,
  • correspondent,
  • group,
  • community,
  • scope,
  • unite,
  • assign,
  • vicinity,
  • arrange,
  • sector,
  • parts,
  • establish,
  • ministerial,
  • fire fighter,
  • twelve-mile limit,
  • cast,
  • round,
  • walk,
  • organization,
  • press secretary,
  • dispose,
  • listing,
  • limit,
  • dwell,
  • locale,
  • establishment,
  • clerical,
  • co-op,
  • purlieus,
  • element,
  • preside over,
  • race,
  • list,
  • partial,
  • milieu,
  • weatherman,
  • bring,
  • compose,
  • air space,
  • ramification,
  • heartland,
  • adjust,
  • FEDERAL JUDGE,
  • emporium,
  • discipline.

Paraphrases for Department:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    departmental.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    departmental.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Recommendations, Specialists, servants, appropriations, organisms, requirements, Dentists, comments, events, clinics, projections, indicators, stakeholders, definitions, concerns, thousands, departement, competencies, Measures, mechanisms, Workshops, dept., Trustees, oceans, allegations, contracts, Studies, issues, Negotiations, Guidelines, donations, OHS, Subsidies, skills, Nas, elders, gifts, consequences, targets, DSS, media, Has, problems, claims, saws, requests, CCS, Forms, Its, goods, meetings, directorate, directorates, DEPT, secretariat, office, offices, departamento, branch, Branches.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    men, takes, dept., directorate, DEPT, secretariat, apartment, office, branch.
  • Verb, past tense
    Submitted.
  • Verb, past participle
    Administered, Performed, Recruited, Challenged.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    recommends, includes.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    ministries, ministry, administration, management, division, divisions, service.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    ministry, administration, management, division, service.
  • Verb, past tense
    ministry.
  • Verb, past participle
    ministry.

Antonyms for Department:

• n.

  • area of interest, expertise
    fun, irresponsibility, pastime, entertainment.
  • section of organization, area
    whole.

Department Sentence Examples:

• Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Department.

• " I would rather belong to two, or even three, of these good, kind boys, than to that one rude chap," said the White Rocking Horse to himself, as he swayed backward and forward on the floor in the toy department.

Homophones for Department:

• department head, divertimento, debridement, DEP, deportment.

Holonyms for Department:

• n.

  • location
    land, state, country.

Hypernym for Department:

• n.

  • group
    staff office, personnel department, government department, personnel office, academic department, payroll department, security department, payroll, business department, security, personnel.

Hyponym for Department:

• n.

  • cognition
    sector, sphere.
  • group
    division.
  • location
    administrative division, territorial division, administrative district.