'Directorate' definitions:
Definition of 'directorate'
From: WordNet
noun
A group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution [syn: directorate, board of directors]
Definition of 'Directorate'
From: GCIDE
- Directorate \Di*rect"o*rate\, n. [Cf. F. directorat.] The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'directorate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- bureaucracy,
- cabinet,
- cadre,
- captainship,
- chairmanship,
- convenership,
- council,
- custody,
- dictatorship,
- directorship,
- directory,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive hierarchy,
- foremanship,
- generalship,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- governorship,
- guardianship,
- headship,
- hierarchy,
- higher echelons,
- higher-ups,
- infrastructure,
- intendancy,
- interlocking directorate,
- leadership,
- management,
- managership,
- mastership,
- ministry,
- officialdom,
- overseership,
- prelacy,
- presidency,
- proctorship,
- ruling class,
- ruling classes,
- sovereignty,
- steering committee,
- stewardship,
- superintendence,
- superintendency,
- supervisorship,
- the administration,
- the authorities,
- the brass,
- the Establishment,
- the executive,
- the ingroup,
- the interests,
- the people upstairs,
- the power elite,
- the power structure,
- the top,
- them,
- they,
- top brass
Words containing 'Directorate'
- Director,
- Hand director,
- Stage director,
- art director,
- board of directors,
- director of research,
- executive director,
- film director,
- funeral director,
- managing director,
- music director,
- research director,
- security director,
- theater director,
- theatre director,
- director of central intelligence,
- staggered board of directors,
- Guinea-pig director,
- director-stockholder relation,
- directorate for inter-services intelligence