Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gao
1 sense of gao
Sense 1
Government Accounting Office, GAO, United States Government Accounting Office -- (an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States)
=> agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority -- (an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority")