Synonyms for administration
ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃənad·min·is·tra·tion

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1. administrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   conduct, management, regulation, supervision

2. administrationnoun

   The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

   Synonyms:
   management, supervision, conduct, regulation

3. administrationnoun

   A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.

   Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.

   Synonyms:
   management, conduct, regulation, supervision

4. administrationnoun

   The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.

   the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

   Synonyms:
   supervision, management, conduct, regulation

5. administrationnoun

   Management.

   Synonyms:
   conduct, regulation, management, supervision

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 3 votes

1. administration, disposalnoun

   a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

   Synonyms:
   establishment, organization, judicature, presidency, electric pig, presidential term, governance, governing body, governing, disposal, giving medication, government activity, garbage disposal, brass, disposition, government, organisation

2. administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisationnoun

   the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

   "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

   Synonyms:
   brass section, arrangement, constitution, establishment, memorial tablet, organization, judicature, presidency, system, presidential term, face, ecesis, governance, governing body, plaque, governing, disposal, validation, giving medication, government activity, boldness, formation, brass, cheek, brass instrument, government, nerve, organisation, institution

3. administration, giving medicationnoun

   the act of administering medication

   Synonyms:
   establishment, judicature, governing, governance, organization, governing body, presidential term, disposal, giving medication, brass, government, organisation, presidency, government activity

4. presidency, presidential term, administrationnoun

   the tenure of a president

   "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"

   Synonyms:
   disposal, judicature, governing, governance, organization, governing body, establishment, presidency, presidentship, brass, government, organisation, giving medication, presidential term, government activity

5. government, governing, governance, government activity, administrationnoun

   the act of governing; exercising authority

   "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

   Synonyms:
   authorities, political science, establishment, judicature, organization, presidency, presidential term, governance, politics, governing body, governing, disposal, government activity, brass, giving medication, government, regime, organisation

6. administration, judicaturenoun

   the act of meting out justice according to the law

   Synonyms:
   court, judicial system, organization, judicatory, establishment, presidency, tribunal, presidential term, governance, governing body, governing, disposal, giving medication, government activity, judiciary, brass, organisation, judgeship, government, judicature

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1. • Justice
   • Social Control

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. administrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   dispensation, distribution

2. administrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   management, conduct, direction, control, superintendence

3. administrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   executive department (of a government), president (or other chief magistrate) and cabinet

4. administrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) management of an estate (of an intestate)

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1. List of paraphrases for "administration":

   management, administrative, directors, governing, trustees, authority, 'administration, administering, government, administer, governance, department, administración, admin, managing, service, manage, administrations, executive, authorities, administração, amministrazione, governors, stewardship, dispensation

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1. Jeb Bush:

   This administration has gotten really hyperactive in expanding dramatically what the definition of federal waters are. To get a permit to put a culvert in for your field? Or to get a permit for a drainage ditch or a drainage pond? they impose their will top down.

2. John Katko:

   This administration has even gone on to brazenly claim that the border is ‘ secure ’ and the border is ‘ closed, ’ despite astounding evidence to prove otherwise, it should come as no surprise that this administration has not prioritized providing the right resources and policies for CBP to effectively do their jobs.

3. Jerry Nadler:

   The Department's decision reflects President Trump's blanket defiance of Congress's constitutionally mandated duties, in the coming days, I expect that Congress will have no choice but to confront the behavior of this lawless Administration. The Committee will also take a hard look at the officials who are enabling this cover up.

4. Homeland Security Committee:

   Hampered by misstep after misstep, Kirstjen Nielsen's tenure at the Department of Homeland Security was a disaster from the start. It is clearer now than ever that the Trump Administration's border security and immigration policies - that she enacted and helped craft - have been an abysmal failure and have helped create the humanitarian crisis at the border.

5. Tim Phillips:

   The Trump administration has taken some incredibly positive steps for the American economy, but tariffs will undercut that progress and needlessly hamstring our full economic potential.