Governmental means relating to a particular government, or to the practice of governing a country.
...a governmental agency for providing financial aid to developing countries.
Synonyms: administrative, state, political, official More Synonyms of governmental
Examples of 'governmental' in a sentence
governmental
The governmental agency needed renewal too.
Christianity Today (2000)
That's very different from it all being done behind the closed doors of a governmental agency.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But in the first place laissez-faire was a model of economic theory rather than of political theory and governmental practice.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
Given the external constraints of insurance and governmental regulation I would say that it is as fair as we know how to make it.
Laszlo, John (MD) Understanding Cancer (1987)
Just as he placed considerable trust in his lieutenants on the battlefield, so he turned governmental affairs over to ministers whom he trusted, sometimes to a fault.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
(adjective)
a governmental agency for providing financial aid to developing countries
Synonyms
administrative
The project will have an administrative staff of eight.
state
a state visit to Moscow
political
a democratic political system
official
his official duties
executive
She sits on the executive committee of the company.
ministerial
sovereign
bureaucratic
The school is free from bureaucratic control.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bureaucratic
The school is free from bureaucratic control.
Synonyms
administrative,
political,
official,
ministerial,
governmental,
red-tape
in the sense of executive
Definition
having the function of carrying plans, orders, laws, etc., into effect
She sits on the executive committee of the company.