English noun: nongovernmental organization |
1. | nongovernmental organization (group) an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government |
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| Synonyms | NGO |
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| Broader (hypernym) | organisation, organization |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, citizens committee, committee, Congress of Racial Equality, CORE, denomination, foreign mission, mission, missionary post, missionary station, National Trust, NT, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Umma Tameer-e-Nau, UTN |
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| Instance hyponym | Greenpeace, Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad, MDI |
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