Synonyms for administer
ædˈmɪn ə stərad·min·is·ter

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1. 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.

   Synonyms:
   carry out, do, enforce, execute, perform

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1. 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, allot

2. administerverb

   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, allot

3. distribute, 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, dish

4. administer, dispenseverb

   give or apply (medications)

   Synonyms:
   distribute, administrate, deal, dispense, lot, dish out, parcel out, dole out, deal out, shell out, mete out, allot

5. administerverb

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Direct
   • Give
   • Manage
   • Medicine
   • Treat

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. administer

   Synonyms:
   v. a. dispense, give, distribute, supply, contribute, deal out, give out

2. administer

   Synonyms:
   direct, manage, conduct, control, superintend, preside over

3. administer

   Synonyms:
   tender, offer, proffer

4. administerverb

   Synonyms:
   contribute, conduce, be helpful

5. administerverb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) act as administrator

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1. List of paraphrases for "administer":

   manage, administering, administers, administration, managing, administrate, manages

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1. Patrick Leahy:

   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.

2. Sid Katari:

   This is the kind of forward-thinking functionality that I don’t think a business like ours could administer ourselves.

3. Jamil Sebe:

   The project will have 90 million tonnes of capacity when it opens, but Vale wants to administer the ramp-up curve in line with the market.

4. New America Education:

   The Common Core-aligned tests being developed by two state consortia are expected to be harder than ones states administer now, and, particularly at first, fewer students will pass them.

5. Mohamad Mouhiye:

   First, close the doors of the evil embassy, which we consider a spy building and an operations room to administer and sabotage Iraq's well-being.