Synonyms for bureau
ˈbyʊər oʊ; ˈbyʊər oʊzbu·reau

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.8 / 5 votes

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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1. • Administrative Unit
   • Furniture

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)

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

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. Brett Hartl:

   Fossil fuels are driving the extinction crisis, and the Bureau of Land Management is making things worse by failing to protect these imperiled species.

2. Ted Wheeler:

   It is obvious from where I sit that we do not have adequate resources deployed on our streets in a proactive way, and so I will fight for additional resources for the police bureau, I will fight for more police officers and I will fight for more tools and whatever support the police bureau needs to get its job done.

3. Bob Corker:

   While the case for removal of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey laid out by Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein was thorough, his removal at this particular time will raise questions, it is essential that ongoing investigations are fulsome and free of political interference until their completion, and it is imperative that President Trump nominate a well-respected and qualified individual to lead the bureau at this critical time.

4. Ryan Zinke:

   Words can not capture how terrible it is that children in schools overseen by Bureau of Indian Education are so poorly served.

5. Mark Palmer:

   One of the questions with the new administration is, what stance will the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau take going forward? – which we expect to be more aggressive.