COMMITTEE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a special group delegated to consider some matter
   Synonym(s)
   • commission (what does commission mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours – Milton Berle
   Hypernyms(s) committee is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • administrative unit (what does administrative unit mean?)
   • administrative body (what does administrative body mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Economic and Social Council commission (what does Economic and Social Council commission mean?)
   • ECOSOC commission (what does ECOSOC commission mean?)
   • blue ribbon commission (what does blue ribbon commission mean?)
   • blue ribbon committee (what does blue ribbon committee mean?)
   • board (what does board mean?)
   • election commission (what does election commission mean?)
   • fairness commission (what does fairness commission mean?)
   • planning commission (what does planning commission mean?)
   • conservancy (what does conservancy mean?)
   • select committee (what does select committee mean?)
   • subcommittee (what does subcommittee mean?)
   • standing committee (what does standing committee mean?)
   • steering committee (what does steering committee mean?)
   • ethics committee (what does ethics committee mean?)
   • ethics panel (what does ethics panel mean?)
   • finance committee (what does finance committee mean?)
   • politburo (what does politburo mean?)
   • political action committee (what does political action committee mean?)
   • PAC (what does PAC mean?)
   • presidium (what does presidium mean?)
   • praesidium (what does praesidium mean?)
   • zoning commission (what does zoning commission mean?)
   • jury (what does jury mean?)
   • panel (what does panel mean?)
   • vestry (what does vestry mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • entrust (what does entrust mean?)
   • intrust (what does intrust mean?)
   • trust (what does trust mean?)
   • confide (what does confide mean?)
   • commit (what does commit mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a self-constituted organization to promote something
   Synonym(s)
   • citizens committee (what does citizens committee mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) committee is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • nongovernmental organization (what does nongovernmental organization mean?)
   • NGO (what does NGO mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • vigilance committee (what does vigilance committee mean?)
   • welcoming committee (what does welcoming committee mean?)