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. John Selden:

   No man is the wiser for his learning. It may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon, but wit and wisdom are born with a man.

2. John Bodenhamer:

   For the golf at the Olympics in 2016, this will be a model. We're already starting to talk about how to administer the men and then the women playing in Rio 2016, they're using the model that we created to get information and use it in the Olympics next year.

3. Beth Akers:

   I'm not surprised they've reached outside for help understanding the portfolio, but in doing so, it highlights how the Department of Education isn't staffed accordingly to administer the student loans.

4. John Cornyn:

   I read just a summary of it, and I frankly struggle to understand the legal theory, number 1, why would a state -- even such a great state as Texas -- have a say-so on how other states administer their elections ?

5. Harsh Patel:

   Pharmacists aren't allowed to administer Evusheld [without a prescription], so to send this many is ridiculous.