decision-making body
Panel with authority
A decision-making body is a group with authority to make official choices or judgments—a committee, board, council, or similar organization: The zoning board is the decision-making body for land use permits.
The term emphasizes collective rather than individual authority, often in institutional or governmental contexts.
- board of directorsGoverning body of organization
- policymakerOne who sets rules
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- votingFormally registering a choice
- show of handsVoting by lifting arms
adjudicator · government · tribunal · supreme court · board · executive committee · arbitrator · directorate · council · city council · town hall · jury · deliberation · caucus · assembly · senate · quorum · consensus-building
- organizational unitsdepartment, division, branch, unit, section
decision-making bodyadvisory board
Panel providing organizational guidance
advisory committee · advisory body · advisory panel · advisory council · think tank
decision-making bodyautocrat
Sole wielder of power
dictator · one-man rule · absolute monarch · chief executive
decision-making bodyadvisory committee
Group providing recommendations
rubber stamp · review panel · oversight body · discussion group · working group
decision, decisions, decide, decided, deciding, decisive, decisively, indecisive, indecision