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

3 senses of bureaucracy

Sense 1
bureaucracy, bureaucratism -- (nonelective government officials)
       => government officials, officialdom -- (people elected or appointed to administer a government)

Sense 2
bureaucracy -- (a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials)
       => government, authorities, regime -- (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities")

Sense 3
bureaucracy -- (any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape)
       => organization, organisation -- (a group of people who work together)