subcommittee

noun

sub·​com·​mit·​tee ˈsəb-kə-ˌmi-tē 

ˌsəb-kə-ˈmi-

: a subdivision of a committee usually organized for a specific purpose

Examples of subcommittee in a Sentence

The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation.

Recent Examples on the Web

According to the city, Adams has been part of various bodies, including Community and Economic Development, Life Enrichment, and Infrastructure and Transportation subcommittees, working with the community, city staff, and local leaders to support residents’ well-being. —Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025

The focus was aimed in part at determining how much of the day’s violence had been planned, according to details of the investigation first fully outlined in a report released in January by a House Judiciary subcommittee. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025

Blakespear also leads a subcommittee focused on improving the 351-mile rail line running from San Luis Obispo to San Diego that skirts the coast in several sections. —Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 Dec. 2025

Flynn said this past two-year term on the City Council has been particularly fraught, with divisiveness at the national level trickling down to local politics, which led him to pursue the formation of a civility subcommittee for the body. —Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for subcommittee

• committee
• permittee
• prakriti
• atomicity
• catholicity
• ellipticity
• historicity
• mutuality
• bitty
• city
• ditty
• gritty

Kids Definition

subcommittee

noun

sub·​com·​mit·​tee ˈsəb-kə-ˌmit-ē 

ˌsəb-kə-ˈmit-ē

: a part of a committee usually organized for a certain purpose

Legal Definition

subcommittee

noun

sub·​com·​mit·​tee ˈsəb-kə-ˌmi-tē 

: a subdivision of a committee that is assigned a portion of the committee's jurisdiction, holds hearings, amends legislation, and reports to the committee