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Synonyms for administer
ædˈmɪn ə stərad·min·is·ter
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
administer
To execute is to follow through to the end, put into absolute and final effect in action; to administer is to conduct as one holding a trust, as a minister and not an originator; the sheriff executes a writ; the trustee administers an estate, a charity, etc.; to enforce is to put into effect by force, actual or potential. To administer the laws is the province of a court of justice; to execute the laws is the province of a sheriff, marshal, constable, or other executive officer; to administer the law is to declare or apply it; to execute the law is to put it in force; for this enforce is the more general word, execute the more specific. From signifying to superintend officially some application or infliction, administer passes by a natural transition to signify inflict, mete out, dispense, and blows, medicine, etc., are said to be administered: a usage thoroughly established and reputable in spite of pedantic objections. Enforce signifies also to present and urge home by intellectual and moral force; as, to enforce a precept or a duty. Compare DO; KILL; MAKE.
Princeton's WordNet
administer, administrateverb
work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
"administer a program"; "she administers the funds"
Synonyms:
distribute, administrate, deal, dispense, lot, dish out, parcel out, dole out, deal out, shell out, mete out, allotadministerverb
perform (a church sacrament) ritually
"administer the last unction"
Synonyms:
distribute, administrate, deal, dispense, lot, dish out, parcel out, dole out, deal out, shell out, mete out, allotdistribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole outverb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
"administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
Synonyms:
dish up, circulate, shell out, apportion, plow, spread, carry on, lot, pass on, dish out, portion, deal out, allot, serve up, care, portion out, sell, take, treat, share, dispense, dole out, divvy up, grapple, make out, accord, assign, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, manage, contend, give out, grant, trade, address, handle, disseminate, pass around, hand out, mete out, administrate, pass out, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, propagate, conduct, serve, cover, circularise, consider, make do, get by, stagger, look at, cope, dishadminister, dispenseverb
give or apply (medications)
Synonyms:
distribute, administrate, deal, dispense, lot, dish out, parcel out, dole out, deal out, shell out, mete out, allotadministerverb
direct the taking of
"administer an exam"; "administer an oath"
Synonyms:
distribute, administrate, deal, dispense, lot, dish out, parcel out, dole out, deal out, shell out, mete out, allot
Dictionary of English Synonymes
administer
Synonyms:
v. a. dispense, give, distribute, supply, contribute, deal out, give outadminister
Synonyms:
direct, manage, conduct, control, superintend, preside overadminister
administerverb
Synonyms:
contribute, conduce, be helpfuladministerverb
Synonyms:
(Law.) act as administrator
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "administer":
manage, administering, administers, administration, managing, administrate, manages
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#47 | do | |
#246 | take | |
#249 | address | |
#309 | care | |
#564 | sell | |
#660 | share | |
#718 | trade | |
#748 | lot | |
#846 | cover | |
#1041 | administration | |
#1274 | deal | |
#1528 | consider | |
#1732 | grant | |
#2202 | serve | |
#2217 | manage | |
#2465 | handle | |
#2614 | perform | |
#2645 | conduct | |
#3076 | managing | |
#3125 | spread | |
#3269 | portion | |
#3469 | dish | |
#3758 | treat | |
#3856 | broadcast | |
#6859 | execute | |
#6874 | distribute | |
#8011 | assign | |
#9848 | cope | |
#10024 | accord | |
#10166 | enforce | |
#10236 | manages | |
#12036 | administer | |
#15229 | administering | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#20130 | disseminate | |
#20325 | contend | |
#24516 | plow | |
#26173 | administers | |
#26691 | circulate | |
#28071 | propagate | |
#28429 | dispense | |
#36077 | disperse | |
#38502 | grapple | |
#45153 | allot | |
#60015 | stagger | |
#79102 | apportion | |
#85834 | administrate |
How to use administer in a sentence?
Antibiotic resistance is a serious public health concern that should be addressed both in human and animal medicine, but just as with you or me, when animals get sick with a bacterial infection, treating them with No Antibiotics Ever is the ethical thing to do. Farmers work closely with veterinarians to responsibly administer antibiotics in the care for their animals, benefiting each of us by making food safer and more affordable.
Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
I recognize his calling as the governor is for the security of the citizens, to administer justice, to punish evil, he has a different role in the role of governance. But our calling as Christians is to reach out to our neighbor — whoever that may be, from all around the world — just as Jesus teaches in the story of the Good Samaritan.
The purpose is to bring vaccination to the citizens and make things easier, it is the simplest solution to administer their shots so they don’t have to go far and don’t fill medical centres.
I consider holding the office of the president pro tempore and the responsibilities that come with it to be one of the highest honors and most serious responsibilities of my career, when I preside over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, I will not waver from my constitutional and sworn obligations to administer the trial with fairness, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws.
Translations for administer
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- управлявам, ръководя, предписвамBulgarian
- administrarCatalan, Valencian
- spravovat, podatCzech
- goruchwylio, gweinydduWelsh
- administrereDanish
- verwalten, darreichen, administrieren, verabreichenGerman
- διοικώGreek
- administriEsperanto
- administrarSpanish
- اداره کردنPersian
- hallita, johtaa, hallinnoidaFinnish
- administrerFrench
- adminisztrálHungarian
- amministrareItalian
- 管理Japanese
- administerLatin
- minitaMāori
- toedienenDutch
- ministrar, administrar, aplicarPortuguese
- управля́ть, пропи́сывать, назнача́ть, прописа́ть, назна́чить, руководи́тьRussian
- administreraSwedish
- ดูแลThai
- quản trịVietnamese
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