office
/ˈɔfɪs/
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Definitions
Noun
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building"
Noun
an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
Noun
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
Noun
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"
Noun
professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"
Noun
a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass"
Noun
a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
Synonyms
agency
authority
berth
billet
bureau
business office
federal agency
function
government agency
office staff
part
place
position
post
power
role
situation
spot
More General Terms
administrative body
administrative unit
business
business establishment
duty
job
line
line of work
occupation
place of business
religious rite
rite
staff
state
More Specific Terms
academicianship
accountantship
admiralty
Advanced Research and Development Activity
AFISR
AI
Air Force
Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Air Force ISR
ambassadorship
apostleship
apprenticeship
ARDA
Army
Army Intelligence
associateship
attorneyship
bailiffship
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
baronetage
bishopry
BJA
BJS
BMDO
box office
Bureau of Customs
Bureau of Diplomatic Security
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of the Census
cadetship
caliphate
capacity
captaincy
captainship
cardinalship
Casualty Care Research Center
CCRC
CDC
Census Bureau
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
central office
chair
chairmanship
chancellorship
chaplaincy
chaplainship
chieftaincy
chieftainship
clerkship
commandership
commandery
Comptroller of the Currency
comptrollership
consulship
controllership
councillorship
councilorship
counsellorship
counselorship
Counterterrorist Center
countinghouse
CTC
curacy
curatorship
custodianship
Customs Bureau
Customs Service
DARPA
deanery
deanship
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense Information Systems Agency
Defense Logistics Agency
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
Defense Technical Information Center
Department of Defense Laboratory System
Department of Energy Intelligence
directorship
DISA
discipleship
Divine Office
DOEI
DRMS
DS
DTIC
editorship
eldership
emirate
episcopate
executive agency
executive clemency
FAA
fatherhood
FDA
Federal Aviation Agency
Federal Housing Administration
feudal lordship
FHA
Financial Management Service
Food and Drug Administration
Foreign Service
foremanship
FWS
GAO
generalcy
generalship
Government Accounting Office
government office
Government Printing Office
governorship
GPO
hat
headquarters
headship
home base
home office
hot seat
Immigration and Naturalization Service
incumbency
independent agency
INR
INS
inspectorship
instructorship
Internal Revenue Service
internship
IRS
judgeship
judicature
khanate
LABLINK
law enforcement agency
lectureship
legateship
legation
legislatorship
librarianship
lieu
lieutenancy
life office
Little Office
loan office
local authority
magistracy
magistrature
main office
managership
manhood
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
marshalship
mastership
mayoralty
MCIA
messiahship
moderatorship
National Climatic Data Center
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Guard Bureau
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institutes of Health
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service
National Technical Information Service
National Weather Service
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
Naval Special Warfare
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Naval Underwater Warfare Center
Navy
NAWCWPNS
NCDC
newsroom
NGA
NGB
NIH
NIST
NOAA
Nonproliferation Center
NPC
NSW
NSWC
NTIS
NUWC
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Naval Intelligence
Office of the Dead
OIS
ONI
organ
OSHA
overlordship
pastorate
pastorship
Patent and Trademark Office Database
Patent Office
peasanthood
PHS
place
plum
portfolio
position
praetorship
precentorship
preceptorship
prefecture
prelacy
prelature
premiership
presidency
presidentship
primateship
principalship
priorship
proconsulate
proconsulship
proctorship
professorship
protectorship
public office
rabbinate
receivership
rectorate
rectorship
regency
residency
rulership
sainthood
second fiddle
secretaryship
seigneury
seigniory
senatorship
shipping office
sinecure
solicitorship
speakership
stead
stewardship
studentship
teachership
Technology Administration
thaneship
throne
ticket booth
ticket office
Transportation Security Administration
treasurership
tribuneship
trusteeship
TSA
U. S. Air Force
U. S. Army
U. S. Coast Guard
United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Border Patrol
United States Coast Guard
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Government Accounting Office
United States Government Printing Office
United States Navy
United States Public Health Service
US Air Force
US Army
US Border Patrol
US Coast Guard
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US Government Printing Office
US Navy
USA
USAF
USCB
USN
vice-presidency
viceroyship
viziership
war power
wardenship
wardership
womanhood