Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun united_states_department_of_defense
1 sense of united states department of defense
Sense 1
Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD -- (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)
=> executive department -- (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)