Synonyms of departments

departments

noun

plural of department

1

as in agencies

a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization

the Department of the Interior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agencies
• offices
• bureaus
• services
• desks
• branches
• divisions
• arms
• subdivisions
• subdepartments

2

as in areas

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence

that's not my department, but maybe I can help you anyway

Synonyms & Similar Words

• areas
• domains
• realms
• fields
• spheres
• kingdoms
• walks
• provinces
• specialties
• disciplines
• elements
• territories
• businesses
• circles
• terrains
• precincts
• studies
• fronts
• arenas
• games
• subjects
• fiefs
• fiefdoms
• bailiwicks
• confines
• baronies
• professions
• lines
• pursuits
• firmaments
• frontiers
• demesnes
• occupations
• scopes
• vocations
• dimensions
• subfields
• rackets
• reaches
• widths
• sweeps
• subspecialties
• turfs
• compasses
• amplitudes
• extents
• breadths
• ambits
• kens

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of departments

The allegations come after the California Department of Human Resources sent a notice in February 2022 outlining that departments cannot approve employee requests to regularly work from out-of-state locations. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Major athletics departments instead spend toward sameness, waging arms races to build lookalike weight rooms. — Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Enterprises may eventually maintain marketplaces of agents that are verified, tested, vetted and approved for particular departments. — Doug Shannon, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Iran attacked roughly two ships for every 100 vessels that crossed the strait in the third quarter, said Michelle Wiese Bockmann, senior maritime intelligence analyst at Windward, which tracks ships for defense departments and governments. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Cooke has vowed to fully fund police departments in Congress. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Her departure is not related to a round of layoffs that hit Disney this week; those cuts came primarily in the company’s tech and human resources departments. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Representatives for North Texas law enforcement agencies, including federal departments, shared Tuesday afternoon that 19 people have been indicted following the breakup of a drug trafficking organization. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Much of it goes unreported because human resource departments and union protections are rare inside of restaurants and bars, industry experts said. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026