Federal bureaucracy Synonyms

Definitions for Federal


  • (adjective) characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
  • (adjective) of or relating to the central government of a federation
  • (adjective) national ; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units

Definitions for Bureaucracy


  • (noun) a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
  • (noun) nonelective government officials
  • (noun) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape