brain trust

brain trust
    n 1: an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a
         government [syn: {kitchen cabinet}, {brain trust}]
    

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "brain trust":
      British Cabinet, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, advisory body, assembly,
      association, bench, board, body of advisers, borough council,
      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, kitchen cabinet, legislature, parish council,
      privy council, soviet, staff, syndicate, synod, tribunal