junta

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: jun=ta

CIDE DICTIONARY

junta, n. [Sp., fr. L. junctus joined, p. p. of jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Junto.].

•  A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.  [1913 Webster]
•  A junto.  [PJC]
•  A small committee or group self-appointed to serve as the government of a country, usually just after a coup d'etat or revolution, and often composed primarily of military men. The term is used mostly in Latin American countries.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

junta, n.
1 a a political or military clique or faction taking power after a revolution or coup d'{eacute}tat. b a secretive group; a cabal.
2 a deliberative or administrative council in Spain or Portugal.

Etymology

Sp. & Port. f. L juncta, fem. past part. (as JOIN)

THESAURUS

junta

Anschluss, British Cabinet, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, addition, advisory body, affiliation, age group, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, assembly, assimilation, association, band, battalion, bench, bevy, blend, blending, board, body, body of advisers, borough council, brain trust, brigade, bunch, cabal, cabinet, cadre, camarilla, cartel, cast, cell, centralization, chamber, charmed circle, circle, city council, clan, clique, closed circle, coalescence, coalition, cohort, combination, combine, combo, common council, company, complement, composition, confederacy, confederation, conference, congeries, conglomeration, congress, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, consultative assembly, contingent, corps, coterie, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, court, covey, crew, crowd, deliberative assembly, detachment, detail, diet, directory, divan, division, ecumenism, elite, elite group, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, faction, federalization, federation, fleet, fusion, gang, group, grouping, groupment, hookup, in-group, inclusion, incorporation, ingroup, inner circle, integration, junction, junto, kitchen cabinet, league, legislature, marriage, meld, melding, merger, mob, movement, out-group, outfit, pack, package, package deal, parish council, party, peer group, phalanx, platoon, posse, privy council, regiment, ring, salon, set, solidification, soviet, squad, stable, staff, string, syncretism, syndicate, syndication, syneresis, synod, synthesis, team, tie-up, tribe, tribunal, troop, troupe, unification, union, we-group, wedding, wing

ROGET THESAURUS

junta

Council

N council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff, senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim, classis, Amphictyonic council, duma, house of representatives, legislative assembly, legislative council, riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate, court of appeal, board of control, board of works, vestry, county council, local board, audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber, cabinet council, privy council, cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general, assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle, meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house, quorum, council fire, powwow, primary, meeting, assemblage, member, senator, member of parliament, M, P, councilor, representative of the people, assemblyman, congressman, councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder, senatorial, curule, congressional, parliamentary, legislative, law-making, regulatory, deliberative.

Government

N government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority, authority, master, direction, national government, nation, state, country, nation- state, dominion, republic, empire, union, democratic republic, kingdom, principality, state government, state, shire, province, county, canton, territory, duchy, archduchy, archdukedom, woiwodshaft, commonwealth, region, property, county, parish city, domain, tract, arrondissement, mofussil, commune, wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing, ward, precinct, bailiwick, command, empire, sway, rule, dominion, domination, sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty, lordship, headship, chiefdom, seigniory, seigniority, rule, sway, command, control, administer, govern, lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne, sway the scepter, wield the scepter, wear the crown, state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus, judicature, cabinet, seat of government, seat of authority, headquarters, accession, installation, politics, reign, regime, dynasty, directorship, dictatorship, protectorate, protectorship, caliphate, pashalic, electorate, presidency, presidentship, administration, proconsul, consulship, prefecture, seneschalship, magistrature, magistracy, monarchy, kinghood, kingship, royalty, regality, aristarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy, commonwealth, dominion, heteronomy, republic, republicanism, socialism, collectivism, mob law, mobocracy, ochlocracy, vox populi, imperium in imperio, bureaucracy, beadledom, bumbledom, stratocracy, military power, military government, junta, feodality, feudal system, feudalism, thearchy, theocracy, dinarchy, duarchy, triarchy, heterarchy, duumvirate, triumvirate, autocracy, autonomy, limited monarchy, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, home rule, representative government, monocracy, pantisocracy, gynarchy, gynocracy, gynaeocracy, petticoat government, legislature, judiciary, administration, office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet, senate, house of representatives, parliament, council, courts, supreme court, state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Postal Service, Post Office, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, president, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister, senator, representatative, president pro tem, speaker of the house, department head, section head, section chief, federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice, treasurer, secretary of the treasury, director of the FBI, governor, state cabinet member, state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman, regal, sovereign, governing, royal, royalist, monarchical, kingly, imperial, imperiatorial, princely, feudal, aristocratic, autocratic, oligarchic, republican, dynastic, ruling, regnant, gubernatorial, imperious, authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute, hegemonic, hegemonical, authorized, government, public, national, federal, his majesty's, her majesty's, state, county, city, N, a dog's obeyed in office, cada uno tiene su alguazil, le Roi le veut, regibus esse manus en nescio longas, regnant populi, the demigod Authority, the right divine of kings to govern wrong, uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.