Department and Local

Department

Department noun - A large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization.

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Local and department are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Local" instead a noun "Department".

Local noun - A local unit of an organization.

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Department and local are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Department" instead a noun "Local".

Nearby Words: location, locality, locale, localize, localised

normal	normal department	normal local
real	real department	real local
new	new department	new local
former	former department	former local
Other adjectives: different, southern.

The Tokyo Fireball: Nicely parodied thanks to the "Tokyo Police Cataclysm Division", a branch of the local police department that schedules and keeps an eye on massive destruction events.

Source: Webcomic / MegaTokyo
Leslie, for her part, has started to recognize this trend, and is focusing more on the nationwide parks department, where she can do more good, instead of the corrupt local government.

Source: Series / Parks and Recreation
In The Movement, the emponymous organization is against the corrupt local police department.

Source: La Résistance

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Local and Department. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/department/local

Department & Local. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/department/local>.

Local or Department. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/department/local.

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