DIRECTORATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution

Synonyms:

board of directors; directorate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("directorate" is a kind of...):

board (a committee having supervisory powers)

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

staggered board of directors (a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually)

Holonyms ("directorate" is a member of...):

management (those in charge of running a business)