GOVERNING BODY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he claims that the present administration is corrupt
    • the governance of an association is responsible to its members
    • he quickly became rec
    Hypernyms(s) governing body is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)