executive branch

1. 1.

   the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws

   SynonymsExecutive Office of the President

   Broaderbranch

   Part ofUnited States government

   PartsAtomic Energy CommissionManhattan Projectexecutive agencyPresident of the United States

Questions about executive branch

What does executive branch mean?

executive branch means "the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws".

What is another word for executive branch?

Close synonyms include Executive Office of the President. 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 executive branch a common word?

executive branch 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.