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. Frank Sadler:

   It's a little early to be making that decision, we're two weeks into a new administration. something most people don't know is she hired Quinn Gillespie when she was at Hewlett Packard to work on the Compaq merger.

2. Bruce Klingner:

   The Trump administration is formulating its North Korea policy amidst accelerating threats and deteriorating relations in the region.

3. Lisa Parisio:

   The administration can and should use this readily-available tool more broadly, for all people in the U.S. in need of protection, including immediate TPS designations for Ethiopia, Cameroon and Mauritania.

4. Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono.Sen:

   The administration must make every effort not to fuel Stop AAPI Hate, starting with clear and specific language and continuing Stop AAPI Hate condemnation of violence against the AAPI community.

5. Patty Murray:

   This administration has had a record of giving us broken promises that more tests and supplies are coming and they dont.