Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun executive_branch
1 sense of executive branch
Sense 1
executive branch, Executive Office of the President -- (the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws)
=> branch, subdivision, arm -- (a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages")