senate

English Thesaurus

1. assembly possessing high legislative powers (noun.group)

hypernym	:	general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature,
definition	:	persons who make or amend or repeal laws (noun.group)

hyponym	:	senate, u.s. senate, united states senate, us senate,
definition	:	the upper house of the United States Congress (noun.group)

2. the upper house of the United States Congress (noun.group)

hypernym	:	senate,
definition	:	assembly possessing high legislative powers (noun.group)

member meronym	:	congress, u.s. congress, united states congress, us congress,
definition	:	the legislature of the United States government (noun.group)