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auspices
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection; support |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, aegis, authority, backing, care, charge, control, countenance, guidance, influence, patronage, sponsorship, supervision |
| Main Entry: | basis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation for belief, action |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, assumption, authority, axiom, backbone, background, backing, base, bedrock, cause, center, chief ingredient, core, crux, data, dictum, essence, essential, evidence, explanation, footing, fundamental, hard fact, heart, infrastructure, justification, keynote, keystone, law, nexus, nucleus, postulate, premise, presumption, presupposition, principal element, principle, proof, reason, root, rudiment, sanction, security, source, substratum, support, theorem, theory, underpinning, warrant |
| Main Entry: | bible |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holy book; authoritative book |
| Synonyms: | authority, creed, doctrine, guide, guidebook, handbook, manual, sacred writ, sacred writings, scripture, testament, text, the good news |
| Main Entry: | bureau |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | branch of an organization |
| Synonyms: | agency, authority, board, commission, committee, department, division, front office, office, salt mines, service, setup, shop, store |
| Main Entry: | bureaucracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system which controls organization |
| Synonyms: | administration, authority, beadledom, city hall, civil service, directorate, government, management, ministry, officialdom, officials, powers that be, red tape, regulatory commission, the Establishment, the system |
| Main Entry: | cabinet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | executives serving a leader |
| Synonyms: | administration, administrators, advisers, assembly, assistants, authority, brain trust, bureau, bureaucracy, committee, council, counselors, department heads, governing body, government, kitchen cabinet, ministry, official family |
| Main Entry: | captain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chief of vehicle, effort |
| Synonyms: | CEO, CFO, authority, boss, cap, chieftain, commander, director, exec, executive, four-striper, guide, head, head honcho, higher up, leader, master, mistress, number one, officer, operator, owner, pilot, royalty, skip*, skipper, top dog, top* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carte blanche |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete authority |
| Synonyms: | authority, blank check, franchise, free hand, free rein, freedom, full authority, full power, full power, grant, latitude, leeway, license, no holds barred, permission, power of attorney, prerogative, sanction, say, say-so, unconditional authority, unconditional right, unrestricted authority, warrant |
| Main Entry: | clout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power |
| Synonyms: | authority, influence, prestige, pull*, standing, sway, weight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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