"executive branch" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: arm, branch, subdivision - a division of some larger or more complex organization

member holonym: executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

belongs to: u.s., u.s. government, united states, united states government, us government - the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
has:
- aec, atomic energy commission - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States
- manhattan project - a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II
- executive agency - an agency of the executive branch of government
- chief executive, president, president of the united states, united states president - the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
same as: executive office of the president