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attorney general has 3 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the chief law officer of a country or state
the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department
“Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington”
the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States
“the post of Attorney General was created in 1789”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for attorney general come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.