'Junta' definitions:
Definition of 'junta'
From: WordNet
noun
A group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power [syn: military junta, junta]
Definition of 'Junta'
From: GCIDE
- Junta \Jun"ta\ (j[u^]n"t[.a]), n.; pl. Juntas (j[u^]n"t[.a]z). [Sp., fr. L. junctus joined, p. p. of jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Junto.]
- 1. A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A junto. [PJC]
- 3. A small committee or group self-appointed to serve as the government of a country, usually just after a coup d'etat or revolution, and often composed primarily of military men. The term is used mostly in Latin American countries. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'junta'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addition,
- advisory body,
- affiliation,
- age group,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- Anschluss,
- assembly,
- assimilation,
- association,
- band,
- battalion,
- bench,
- bevy,
- blend,
- blending,
- board,
- body,
- body of advisers,
- borough council,
- brain trust,
- brigade,
- British Cabinet,
- bunch,
- cabal,
- cabinet,
- cadre,
- camarilla,
- cartel,
- cast,
- cell,
- centralization,
- chamber,
- charmed circle,
- circle,
- city council,
- clan,
- clique,
- closed circle,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- cohort,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- common council,
- company,
- complement,
- composition,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- conference,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- congress,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- consultative assembly,
- contingent,
- corps,
- coterie,
- council,
- council fire,
- council of ministers,
- council of state,
- council of war,
- county council,
- court,
- covey,
- crew,
- crowd,
- deliberative assembly,
- detachment,
- detail,
- diet,
- directory,
- divan,
- division,
- ecumenism,
- elite,
- elite group,
- embodiment,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- faction,
- federalization,
- federation,
- fleet,
- fusion,
- gang,
- group,
- grouping,
- groupment,
- hookup,
- in-group,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- ingroup,
- inner circle,
- integration,
- junction,
- junto,
- kitchen cabinet,
- league,
- legislature,
- marriage,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- mob,
- movement,
- out-group,
- outfit,
- pack,
- package,
- package deal,
- parish council,
- party,
- peer group,
- phalanx,
- platoon,
- posse,
- privy council,
- regiment,
- ring,
- salon,
- Sanhedrin,
- set,
- solidification,
- soviet,
- squad,
- stable,
- staff,
- string,
- syncretism,
- syndicate,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synod,
- synthesis,
- team,
- tie-up,
- tribe,
- tribunal,
- troop,
- troupe,
- unification,
- union,
- US Cabinet,
- we-group,
- wedding,
- wing