kitchen cabinet

Noun

1.

kitchen cabinet - an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government

British Cabinet, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, advisory body, advisory council, assembly, association, bench, board, body of advisers, borough council, brain trust, cabinet, camarilla, chamber, city council, common council, conference, congress, consultative assembly, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, court, deliberative assembly, diet, directory, divan, junta, legislature, ministry, parish council, privy council, shadow cabinet, soviet, staff, syndicate, synod, tribunal