What does government mean?

government means "the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in government?

government has 3 syllables: gov-ern-ment. The stress falls on "gov". In IPA it is /ˈɡʌvɚmənt/.

What is another word for government?

Close synonyms include authorities, regime, governing, governance, government activity. 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 government a common word?

government is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

government — meaning, pronunciation and 4 definitions

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
“the government reduced taxes”
“the matter was referred to higher authorities”
Synonymsauthorities regime
Broaderpolity
Narrowerauthoritarian state bureaucracy ancien regime court Downing Street empire federal government government-in-exile local government military government
Partsadministration judiciary
government
2.
the act of governing; exercising authority
“regulations for the governing of state prisons”
“he had considerable experience of government”
Synonymsgoverning governance government activity administration
Broadersocial control
Narrowermisgovernment legislation trust busting
3.
(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
“tyrannical government”
Broadersystem
government
4.
the study of government of states and other political units
Synonymspolitics political science
Broadersocial science
Narrowergeopolitics realpolitik
government

Other forms of government

plural: governments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about government

What does government mean?: government means "the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in government?: government has 3 syllables: gov-ern-ment. The stress falls on "gov". In IPA it is /ˈɡʌvɚmənt/.
What is another word for government?: Close synonyms include authorities, regime, governing, governance, government activity. 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 government a common word?: government is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for government come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
“the government reduced taxes”
“the matter was referred to higher authorities”
Synonymsauthorities regime
Broaderpolity
Narrowerauthoritarian state bureaucracy ancien regime court Downing Street empire federal government government-in-exile local government military government
Partsadministration judiciary
government
2.
the act of governing; exercising authority
“regulations for the governing of state prisons”
“he had considerable experience of government”
Synonymsgoverning governance government activity administration
Broadersocial control
Narrowermisgovernment legislation trust busting
3.
(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
“tyrannical government”
Broadersystem
government
4.
the study of government of states and other political units
Synonymspolitics political science
Broadersocial science
Narrowergeopolitics realpolitik
government

Other forms of government

plural: governments·

Questions about government

What does government mean?: government means "the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in government?: government has 3 syllables: gov-ern-ment. The stress falls on "gov". In IPA it is /ˈɡʌvɚmənt/.
What is another word for government?: Close synonyms include authorities, regime, governing, governance, government activity. 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 government a common word?: government is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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