GOVERNMENTAL Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

governmental

adjective

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as in official

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as in federal

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Recent Examples of governmental Third, communicate better with state agencies and local governmental authorities (cities, school districts, counties) and with their in-house and, where applicable, outside legal counsel. —

Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026 Magyar has vowed to conduct a major overhaul of much of the governmental structure, and there are now separate ministries for health, environmental protection and education that did not exist under Orbán. —

Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 The Civil Commission, which describes itself as an independent non-governmental group, was set up by Elkayam-Levy in order to document and preserve evidence from the attack. —

Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 The non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that tracked program outcomes are defunded. —

Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 Australia's artist, Khaled Sabsabi, and curator Michael Dagostino, were dropped in February by the country's governmental arts advisory body after right-wing politicians accused them of antisemitism, only to be reinstated following backlash from the arts community. —

Chloe Veltman, NPR, 9 May 2026 That gives me significant working knowledge and expertise with regards to public finance and most governmental operations and budgets. —

Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026 Eliminating the requirement for voter approval before selling, contracting out or franchising city services to non-governmental entities. —

Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026 Eight people were arrested at the demonstration, Gothamist said, and were charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. —

Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 6 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for governmental

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Initial testing on the knee was not that optimistic about George’s outlook, but the organization is still awaiting the official results, a source said.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Such a link however is characteristic of radicalization more generally, and indeed the strange story of Helter Skelter—the official script, certainly, but not only—becomes straightforward as soon as it is read as belonging to the longer history of politico-religious extremism, or terrorism.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026