Noun

• S: (n) Naval Underwater Warfare Center, NUWC (the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority (an administrative unit of government) "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
• S: (n) administrative unit, administrative body (a unit with administrative responsibilities)
• S: (n) unit, social unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group) "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
• S: (n) organization, organisation (a group of people who work together)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• member meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) social group (people sharing some social relation)
• S: (n) group, grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) organize [Related to: organization] (form or join a union) "The auto workers decided to unionize"
• W: (v) organize [Related to: organization] (create (as an entity)) "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
• W: (v) organize [Related to: organization] (arrange by systematic planning and united effort) "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
• W: (v) organise [Related to: organisation] (form or join a union) "The auto workers decided to unionize"
• W: (v) organise [Related to: organisation] (create (as an entity)) "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
• W: (v) organise [Related to: organisation] (arrange by systematic planning and united effort) "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
• part holonym