INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

Synonyms:

intelligence; intelligence agency; intelligence service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("intelligence service" is a kind of...):

administrative body; administrative unit (a unit with administrative responsibilities)

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

military intelligence; military intelligence agency (an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value)

United States intelligence agency (an intelligence service in the United States)

IC; Intelligence Community; National Intelligence Community; United States Intelligence Community (a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence)

international intelligence agency (an intelligence agency outside the United States)