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

That committee has a permanent subcommittee on investigations and, like the House Oversight Committee, often takes the lead on broad investigations, Mandi Critchfield, Crapo’s Finance Committee spokesperson, told the Statesman in an email. —Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2025

Biocore founder Jeff Crandall joined the NFL’s head, neck and spine engineering subcommittee in 2015. —Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2025

The bill comes after Hawley chaired a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing examining the Harm of AI Chatbots last month, during which the committee heard testimony from the parents of three young men who began self-harming or killed themselves after using chatbots from OpenAI and Character. —Tharin Pillay, Time, 28 Oct. 2025

Today, Merkley serves on key Senate committees and chairs subcommittees on environmental justice and chemical safety. —Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 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