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

Matched Categories

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. Donald Trump:

   Comey let Clinton off the hook, the fix was final. The President Obama administration's anointed successor has had an indictment removed from Attorney General Loretta Lynch path and will now be able to glide to the rigged Democrat nomination.

2. Mark Dubowitz:

   The only way the Iranian regime has ever been deterred from bad behavior or has sort of stood up and said, 'Wait a second, the Americans might be serious,' was when the administration and Congress have slapped very serious sanctions on Iran.

3. Naotaka Kimizuka:

   Depending on how the TV appeal is done, it could stir up public opinion, or, people could lose interest and things will go as Abe's administration prefers.

4. Antonio Barroso:

   The pact between the Socialists and Ciudadanos is aimed at tagging the PP and especially Podemos with the blame of potential new elections if they do not abstain to facilitate a Sanchez-led administration, the strategy is to force Podemos to assume the cost of voting alongside the PP, and to accuse incumbent Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of irresponsible behavior for not wanting to support a reasonable, encompassing reformist agreement.

5. President Biden:

   Make no mistake, the border crisis that we’re dealing with right now is a direct result of the open border policies that have been put in place by the Biden administration.