central intelligence agency

1. 1.

   an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council

   SynonymsCIA

   BroaderUnited States intelligence agencyindependent agency

   Part ofIntelligence Community

   PartsCounterterrorist CenterNonproliferation Center

Questions about central intelligence agency

What does central intelligence agency mean?

central intelligence agency means "an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council".

What is another word for central intelligence agency?

Close synonyms include CIA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is central intelligence agency a common word?

central intelligence agency is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.