Antonyms for minister
ˈmɪn ə stərmin·is·ter

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1. ministernoun

   Antonyms:
   monarch, government, master, superior, principal, head, layman, told, flock, congregation

   Synonyms:
   servant, officer, delegate, official, ambassador, subordinate, ecclesiastic, clergyman, priest, parson, divine, preacher, pastor, shepherd, reverend, curate, vicar

2. ministerverb

   Antonyms:
   lead, rule, command, exact

   Synonyms:
   attend, subserve, wait, supply

Matched Categories

1. • Attend
   • Work

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1. curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rectornoun

   a person authorized to conduct religious worship

   "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

   Synonyms:
   subgenus Pastor, government minister, rector, pastor, curate, parson, diplomatic minister, minister of religion

2. minister, government ministernoun

   a person appointed to a high office in the government

   "Minister of Finance"

   Synonyms:
   government minister, rector, minister of religion, pastor, curate, diplomatic minister, parson

3. minister, diplomatic ministernoun

   a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador

   Synonyms:
   government minister, rector, minister of religion, pastor, curate, diplomatic minister, parson

4. ministerverb

   the job of a head of a government department

   Synonyms:
   government minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector, curate, diplomatic minister

5. ministerverb

   attend to the wants and needs of others

   "I have to minister to my mother all the time"

6. ministerverb

   work as a minister

   "She is ministering in an old parish"

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1. ministernoun

   Synonyms:
   ambassador, envoy, plenipotentiary, delegate, ecclesiastic, parson, divine, rector

2. ministerverb

   Synonyms:
   administer, serve, officiate

How to use minister in a sentence?

1. Tim Bale:

   I think both Minister Boris Johnson and... Priti Patel and some other government MPs did misjudge the situation right from the start, but certainly, in as much as The Government's woken a few people up who perhaps didn't realize that Priti Patel has said this, that does make things a little bit more awkward for The Government than perhaps they were before.

2. White House:

   It is an honor to deal with both President Peña Nieto and Prime Minister Trudeau, and I believe that the end result will make all three countries stronger and better.

3. Timothy Ash:

   Key short-term signals will be whether Simsek and the 'reformers' manage to survive and 'ring fence' their positions with the change of prime minister.

4. Seyoum Teshome:

   It was a grenade. Someone tried to hurl it to the stage where the prime minister was in, i saw some five people injured following the blast.

5. Michael Byers:

   The new prime minister would fit almost perfectly in the Democratic Party alongside the American president.

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