The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SENATE , but the solution may also be ESTABLISHMENT which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Universal uClick).
Governing body crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| SENATE | 50 % | 6 | 
| BOARD | 20 % | 5 | 
| PARLIAMENT | 10 % | 10 | 
| LOCALBOARD | 10 % | 10 | 
| ESTABLISHMENT | 10 % | 13 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Governing body
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- government
 - legislative body
 - legislature
 - political system
 - committee
 - city council
 - council of state
 - sports governing body
 - executive committee
 - school board
 - constitutional institution
 - bureaucracy
 
Crossword Answer definitions
SENATE noun- In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
 - A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male.
 
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SENATE
- Power house?
 - The upper house
 - Place for Clinton and Dole
 - Mitch McConnell's milieu
 - Clinton's place
 - Boxer's body?
 - Brown body?
 - Sessions group
 - Where Reid is president
 - Strom's place
 
More clues leading to the result BOARD
- Daily meals
 - Rainy day game surface
 - Monopoly need
 - Business people?
 - Game setting
 - Place to stay
 - Committee
 - Enplane
 - Administrative bunch
 - 30 Down's group
 
More clues leading to the result PARLIAMENT
- Place for 17-Across
 - Guy Fawkes's target
 - Group of owls
 - British lawmakers.
 - Where M. P.'s congregate.
 - Group assembling in Westminster Palace.
 - Westminster Palace assembly.
 - Harold Wilson's milieu.
 - Governing body.
 - House of Lords and Commons