Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun central_intelligence_agency

1 sense of central intelligence agency

Sense 1
Central Intelligence Agency, CIA -- (an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council)
       => United States intelligence agency -- (an intelligence service in the United States)
       => independent agency -- (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)