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Synonyms for minister
ˈmɪn ə stərmin·is·ter

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  1. ministernoun

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

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

  2. ministerverb

    Synonyms:
    attend, subserve, wait, supply

    Antonyms:
    lead, rule, command, exact

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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. wazir

    rulers of mughal empire

    a high officer in a muslim government

    Submitted by rinat on June 1, 2017  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ministernoun

    Synonyms:
    administrator (of executive authority), executive officer (of a sovereign or of a government)

  2. ministernoun

    Synonyms:
    ambassador, envoy, plenipotentiary

  3. ministernoun

    Synonyms:
    clergyman, divine, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman

  4. ministerverb

    Synonyms:
    give, afford, supply, furnish

  5. ministerverb

    Synonyms:
    serve, perform service, do service

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  1. ministernoun

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

  2. ministerverb

    Synonyms:
    administer, serve, officiate

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  1. President Trump:

    Mr Johnson MOVED TO HOSPITALS INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT AFTER CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS WORSEN, SPOKESMAN SAYS Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks during a Coronavirus press conference, in Downing Street, London, Friday March 20, 2020. Mr Johnson remains in intensive care where Mr Johnson has been given oxygen due to the coronavirus, but Mr Johnson is not on a ventilator, senior cabinet minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday, according to the BBC. ( Julian Simmonds/Pool Photo via AP) CORONAVIRUS : WHO IS Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab ? Gove himself later announced he would be going into self-isolation after a family member showed symptoms. The government previously said the decision was a precaution and that the prime minister had been in good spirits earlier in the day.Johnson askedForeign SecretaryDominic Raabto deputize for him, the spokesman said. Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the intensive care unit at St Thomas Hospital on Sunday, the spokesman previously said. The PM is receiving excellent care, and thanks all [ National Health Service ] staff for their hard work and dedication. Mr Johnson quarantined in Mr Johnson home since being diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 26. TRUMP SADDENED OVER BORIS JOHNSONS CORONAVIRUS CONDITION, OFFERS HELP OF BRILLIANT COMPANIES The U.K. has no official post of deputy prime minister, but Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been designated to take over should Mr Johnson become incapacitated. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told a news conference that the prime minister was still running the government, although he added that hehadnt spoken to the prime minister directly since Saturday, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, President Trump gave President Trump best wishes to the prime minister during a White House coronavirus briefing on Monday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE We are very saddened to hear that President Trump was taken into intensive care this afternoon.Americans are all praying for President Trump recovery. President Trump has been President Trump. Hes been really something very special.

  2. Winston Churchill:

    I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.

  3. Nick Clegg:

    The Deputy Prime Minister has done The Deputy Prime Minister time, but I just don't believe that the owners of a football club can somehow wish away the fact that that has happened, you are taking on a role model, particularly for a lot of young boys who look up to their heroes on a football pitch in a team like that, and The Deputy Prime Minister has committed a very serious crime.

  4. Renad Mansour:

    Prime Minister Abadi's the favorite to win, and Prime Minister Abadi's trying to pursue this Iraq-wide strategy, prime Minister Abadi came to the Kurdistan region and Prime Minister Abadi came to Sunni areas in Nineveh and Anbar and now Prime Minister Abadi's in the south, Prime Minister Abadi's trying to cover the whole country.

  5. Aristotle:

    Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. Thus, there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.


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