Synonyms for bureau
ˈbyʊər oʊ; ˈbyʊər oʊzbu·reau

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1. agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authoritynoun

   an administrative unit of government

   "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

   Synonyms:
   assurance, billet, berth, means, confidence, chest of drawers, spot, delegacy, role, office staff, function, dominance, post, dresser, sanction, part, authority, self-assurance, power, way, say-so, sureness, place, representation, government agency, agency, chest, position, business office, self-confidence, potency, authorisation, situation, office, authorization, federal agency

2. chest of drawers, chest, bureau, dressernoun

   furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

   Synonyms:
   authority, thorax, chest, dresser, toilet table, government agency, federal agency, agency, pectus, office, vanity, dressing table, chest of drawers, actor's assistant, breast

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. bureaunoun

   Synonyms:
   chest of drawers

2. bureaunoun

   Synonyms:
   office, counting-room, place of business

3. bureaunoun

   Synonyms:
   department (of government)

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1. List of paraphrases for "bureau":

   office, desk, room, table, officers, mesa, praesidium, bureaux, suite, council, board, branch, office, office, presidium, fbl, inning, unops, presidency, emb, oios, offices, fbi, προεδρείο, directorate-general

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1. White House:

   Text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok andLisa Pagein 2016 that were obtained by Fox News on Tuesday refer to then-candidate Donald Trump as a ‘loathsome human’ and ‘an idiot.’ More than 10,000 texts between Strzok and Page were being reviewed by the Justice Department after Strzok was removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe after it was revealed that some of them contained anti-Trump content. The messages were sent during the 2016 campaign and contain discussions about various candidates. … House Intelligence Committee investigators have long regarded Strzok as a key figure in the chain of events that began when the bureau, in 2016, received the infamous anti-Trump ‘dossier’ and launched a counterintelligence investigation into Russian meddling in the election that ultimately came to encompass FISA surveillance of a Trump campaign associate.

2. Ted Wheeler:

   We’re actively working to recruit and retain our best officers to better protect Portlanders, and I’ve set a goal to hire 300 police staff over the next three years to get closer to minimum staffing levels for the Portland Police Bureau, my administration will continue to lead in prioritizing public safety, and we’re not going to stop until peace returns to Portland.

3. Cindy Huang:

   Third-party contractors fulfill important functions in the federal government, and our bureau and State Department were not unique in acquiring talent this way.

4. Donald Trump:

   Comey understood Trump's people as having neither knowledge of nor respect for the independence of the law enforcement function. And he saw it as an ongoing task on his part to protect the rest of the bureau from improper contacts and interferences from a group of people he did not regard as honorable.

5. Jimmy Gomez:

   It seems like there's an obvious pattern that President Donald Trump are not in control of the Census Bureau, and the political appointees of The Trump administration are.