- department
- n1. division, section, compartment, segment; group, head, class; branch, subdivision, bureau, office, agency.2. region, territory, province, state, (in the Soviet Union) oblast; shire, county, duchy, wapentake, canton; ward, diocese, parish; quarter, zone, precinct, ar-rondissement, commune, district, township; bailiwick, neighborhood, purlieus; circuit, orb, area, scene, beat, terrain, Sl. turf.3. sphere, sphere of activity or influence, realm, circle, domain; control, authority, jurisdiction, responsibility, sway, empery; line, field, walk of life, station, berth; theater, arena, field of action.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.