Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun department_of_state
1 sense of department of state
Sense 1
Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoS -- (the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789")
=> executive department -- (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)