department

Nouns

  • (n) a specialized division of a large organization
    • you'll find it in the hardware department
    • she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury
    section,
  • (n) the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
  • (n) a specialized sphere of knowledge
    • baking is not my department
    • his work established a new department of literature

Synonyms

section

Words of close approximity

departmental departmentally department head Department of Agriculture department of anthropology department of biology department of chemistry Department of Commerce Department of Commerce and Labor department of computer science department of corrections Department of Defense Department of Defense Laboratory System department of economics Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Energy Intelligence department of English Department of Health and Human Services Department of Health Education and Welfare department of history Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Justice Department of Justice Canada Department of Labor department of linguistics department of local government department of mathematics department of music department of philosophy department of physics department of psychology department of sociology Department of State department of the federal government Department of the Interior Department of the Treasury Department of Transportation Department of Veterans Affairs department store