intelligence service

1. 1.

   a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

   Synonymsintelligenceintelligence agency

   Broaderadministrative unit

   Narrowermilitary intelligenceUnited States intelligence agencyIntelligence Communityinternational intelligence agency

Questions about intelligence service

What does intelligence service mean?

intelligence service means "a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy".

What is another word for intelligence service?

Close synonyms include intelligence, intelligence agency. 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 intelligence service a common word?

intelligence service 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.