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

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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. Steve Bannon:

   I want to thank all you guys for coming, remember this illegitimate regime, their judgment day is on the eighth of November when the Biden administration ends. I want to thank you all for coming.

2. Adam Schiff:

   We do think the IC( intelligence community) and the administration should brief the American people with much greater specificity, but no we don't intend to release the documents.

3. Laura Sheehan:

   The Obama administration is engaging in misleading double-talk on clean coal technology. Although The Obama administration leaned heavily on FutureGen technologies to justify The Obama administration flawed New Source Performance Standards rule, president Obama has now cut the project off altogether — demonstrating President Obama hypocrisy towards the American people and President Obama bias against advanced clean coal technologies.

4. Alejandro Mayorkas:

   Starting on January 22, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security will require that non-U.S. individuals entering the United States via land ports of entry or ferry terminals along our Northern and Southern borders be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and be prepared to show related proof of vaccination, these updated travel requirements reflect the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to protecting public health while safely facilitating the cross-border trade and travel that is critical to our economy.

5. House Speaker John Boehner:

   I think the animosity exhibited by our administration toward the prime minister of Israel is reprehensible, and I think that the pressure that they've put on him over the last four or five years have frankly pushed him to the point where he had to speak up.