Senate

What do we mean by senate?

An assembly or a council of citizens having the highest deliberative and legislative functions in a government, specifically. noun

The upper house of the US Congress, to which two members are elected from each state by popular vote for a six-year term. noun

The upper house in the bicameral legislature of many states in the United States. noun

The upper legislative house in Canada, France, and some other countries. noun

The supreme council of state of the ancient Roman Republic and later of the Roman Empire. noun

The building or hall in which such a council or assembly meets. noun

A governing, advisory, or disciplinary body of some colleges and universities composed of faculty members and sometimes student representatives. noun

An assembly or council of citizens invested with a share in the government of a state. noun

In an extended use. a body of venerable or distinguished persons. noun

The governing body of the University of Cambridge, and of some other institutions of learning. noun

In certain American colleges, where the students take part in the discipline of the institution, a disciplining and advisory body composed of members of the faculty and representatives of the students. noun

An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions. noun

A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority. noun

The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons. noun

In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government. noun

The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London. noun

In some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students. noun

A room where a senate meets when it transacts business. noun

A house where a senate meets when it transacts business. noun

In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber. noun

In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.

A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male.

Words that are spelled similarly to senate:
senate, sedate, enate, sensate, sente, renate, sebate, senat, penate, senato, sonate, senaite.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word senate:
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Words that rhyme with senate:
tenet, genet, rennet, bennett, sennet, benet, jennet, bennet, sennit, pennate, genit, dennett, sennett, kennett, herb bennet, stennett, jennett, again hit, again it, antenna it, ben hit, ben hut, ben it, bennitt, businessmen it, den hut, den it, en it, gennett, hen it, ken it, men hit, men it, muavenet, n it, nenet, pen it, plenet, sennott, swenet, ten hit, ten it, then hit, then it, vienna it, wen it, when hit, when it, zen it.

Adjectives that are often used to describe senate:
roman, full, whole, new, national, entire, member, federal, house, venetian, controlled, academic, colombian, conservative, belgian, british, carthaginian, present, hereditary, hostile, aristocratic, open, republican, dominated, elective, french, municipal, finnish, democratic, ancient, august, servile, imperial, obsequious, powerful, territorial, brazilian, honorable, elected, grave, ecclesiastical, half, grateful, seat, nominated, reluctant, confederate, reformed, athenian, italian, permanent, subservient, sacred, smaller, venerable, spartan, representative, polish, legislative, corrupt, irish, noble, supreme, swedish, feeble, academical, select, peruvian, eoman, constructed, astonished, insular, perpetual.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective senate:
house, chamber, committee, seat, bill, districts, president, seats, district, debate, committees, leader, race, doc, approval, action, vote, floor, resolution, meeting, rules, leaders, report, members, laws, confirmation, investigation, rept, hearings, elections, amendments, candidates, status, election, races, hearing, speech, subcommittee, chambers, campaign, meetings, amendment, hall, bills, consents, resolutions, debates, houses, reform, majority, leadership, building, session, term, room, minutes, votes, republicans, candidate, opposition, testimony, democrats, membership, conferees, apportionment, reports, office, plan, ratification, campaigns, document, representation, decrees, journal, liberals, presidents, scene, consideration, consent, colleagues, proceedings, rejection, decree, commission, wing, member, inquiry, career, gallery, nomination, halls, sitting, incumbents, documents, acts.

Consonant match to senate:
sonnet, cenote, sennight, signate, sonet, sennet, sennit, c-note, sunnite, sinnet, sign out, sienite, sinnott, sennett, c note, sonnett, c net, seen out, c night, c not, sain et, saine et, sane et, saw nate, saw naught, saw not, saw nought, say night, scene eight, scene et, scene it, scene not, scene ought, scene out, sea knight, sea not, see knight, see net, see not, seen aught, seen eight, seen hate, seen it, seen naught, seen night, seen not, sehnert, sein et, sen ate, sen et, sennott, sewn it, si not, sign it, sin it, sinnett, sir knight, sohn et, son ate, son et, son hit, son it, son not, son ot, son ought, son out, sonat, soon ate, soon hit, soon it, soon night, sow not, sown it, sun et, sun heat, sun hit, sun hot, sun it, sun night, sun not, sun ought, sun out, synnott.

Words that sound like senate:
senate, senat, sennet, sunhat, senet, sinnott, sennett, sennit, sonet, sonnett, sanat, cenote, sonat, sunet, sinnet, sinnett, sonnet, summit, synod, sanit, scene it, summat, sun hat, sent, scent, cent, senator, sen, cena, sensed, senna, sena, semite, c-note, senates, cnat, snut, sonate, c note, cnut, sunnite, sendit, sammut, censed, sign out, cent-, sinite, summitt, sing it, samit, sommet, sint, snit, sumit, sunt, cinna, snet, sunnah, synced, cygnet, sunna, cint, samet, cinched, synched, cnet, summate, sonant, sing out, sundt, synt, sammet, somite, scint, sindt, cine-, stennett, somat, cyna, signate, sinad, santa, saint, sanity, sauna, sana, sant, sanna, samad, sanad, sandt, saina, samite, psenes, chenet, sa node, samat, sanas, sarat, ceint.