Synonyms of junta

junta

noun

as in mob

a military group controlling a government after taking control of it by force

A military junta quickly seized power in the country.

Related Words

• mob
• conspiracy
• Mafia
• oligarchy
• syndicate
• gang
• clique
• network
• crew
• cabal
• clan
• ring
• coterie
• crowd
• junto
• galère
• set
• circle
• coven
• pack
• bunch
• lot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of junta

The new season offers a bunch of new faces, because what the show needed was new characters, with James Norton the best of the lot as Ormund Hightower, an ally to the Alicent/Aemond/Aegon power junta whose own motivations are only slowly revealing themselves. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026

But when Regina sang the national anthem at a military sporting event in 1972, fans read the act as synonymous with support of the junta. — Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 13 June 2026

China is one of a small number of countries to have endorsed Myanmar's recent election conducted by the military junta that carried out the 2021 coup, a vote that most Western countries and human rights groups have dismissed as a sham. — Wai Moe, NPR, 12 June 2026

The second World Cup, in 1934, was held in Benito Mussolini’s Italy and served his blustery model of fascism; 1978’s edition took place in Argentina, in the middle of its military junta and the disappearance of tens of thousands of dissidents. — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026