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Synonyms for administration
ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃənad·min·is·tra·tion

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  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 WordNet1.0 / 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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 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. James Mattis:

    If you leave an administration, you owe some silence, when you leave an administration over clear policy differences, you need to give the people who are still there as much opportunity as possible to defend the country.

  2. Lee Zeldin:

    Andrew Cuomo must resign or be impeached. Cuomo institutionalized widespread abuse within his administration and tried to silence his many victims, which enabled him to continue openly preying on those around him. Over the last few months, Cuomo has continued his attempts to undermine the investigations into his wrongdoing and those carrying them out, and I have no doubt he will continue to do so following the release of the report.

  3. Frank Wolf:

    Over a year has passed since the declaration or its so-called caliphate and the horrific siege of Mount Sinjar and yet the group and its leaders are still at large. ISIS’ Predatory acts—largely unaddressed by the Western world—have resulted in the genocide of Christians, Yezidis, Shia Muslims and other religious minorities, an unprecedented refugee crisis and the brutal kidnapping, torture and execution of four American citizens. the very fact that the Iraqis are taking these steps should be encouraging the Obama administration to do the same.

  4. Duncan Hunter:

    This is a process that has become overly politicized and while this administration has at least gone to greater lengths to recognize courage in Afghanistan, we still don't have a single living recipient from Iraq, and it's definitely not because they don't exist.

  5. Jacqueline Fitts:

    We have been asking administration for a year now to make the property safer, to cover the parking lot with security because there is a lot of people passing in and out of the area, our nurses and other staff go outside for breaks.


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