committee

Speech parts

1. committee - Noun

2. committee - Verb

Meaning

One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.

One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

commission council board panel working group subcommittee task force executive committee citizens committee department association congress senate admiral bureau
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Antonyms

one single man individual person division
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Hypernyms

NGO administrative body administrative unit nongovernmental organization

Hyponyms

pac conservancy board jury panel politburo

Phrases with the word

Advisory Committee committee of the whole Working Committee core committee general committee welcoming committee

Examples

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee. F. Lee Bailey

I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace. Wangari Maathai

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. John Steinbeck

Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings. George Will

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America! Harry S. Truman

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one. John F. Kennedy

Close letter words and terms

committed work committedly committedness committee according committee consideration committee for safety