committee members
Group decision makers
Committee members are the individuals who comprise a committee—a group assembled to address specific tasks, make decisions, or provide oversight.
The phrase emphasizes collective participation: Committee members voted unanimously to approve the budget.
In formal contexts, it distinguishes voting participants from staff or observers who may attend but lack decision-making authority.
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- treasurerFinancial steward of organization
- voteFormal choice expression
- parliamentariansLegislative body members
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
quorum · lawmakers · coordinator · chair · executive board · voting · motion · point of order · spokesperson · bylaws · subcommittee · ad hoc · delegates · senators · legislators · recusal · conflict of interest · abstention
- hearingscongressional hearing, congressional hearings, confirmation hearing, public hearings, impeachment hearings
- intelligence oversightCIA, FBI, NSA, DNI, intelligence agencies
- thesis defensesdissertation defense, oral exam, viva voce, viva, opening statement
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- partnerspartners, partner, business partners, business partner, associates
committee membersautocrat
Sole wielder of power
dictator · absolute monarch · supreme leader · absolute ruler · one-man rule
committee membersoutsiders
Those not belonging
non-members · the public · general audience · observers · bystanders