CITIZENS COMMITTEE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A self-constituted organization to promote something

Synonyms:

citizens committee; committee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("citizens committee" is a kind of...):

NGO; nongovernmental organization (an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "citizens committee"):

vigilance committee (a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist)

welcoming committee (a committee to welcome new residents to a community)