ADMINISTERS (TO) Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

administers (to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of administer (to)

as in ministers (to)

to attend to the needs and comforts of volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice

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At the family estate, Sybylla, who nurses inchoate hopes of becoming a writer, is to be remade into a suitable wife.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
Ultimately, Etna’s closest bond is with the itinerant medic Hong who nurses his emaciated, shrapnel-scarred body.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

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Saturday Night Live host Matt Damon was cast as the adoring husband in Mom, an entirely inoffensive movie where nothing bad happens—something that mothers everywhere will enjoy.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2026
Some parents − overwhelmingly mothers − are stepping back from full-time work or leaving the workforce altogether to accommodate the needs of their family.

— Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026

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For much of the story, Xu Fu looks out for himself and treats the war as someone else’s problem.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
In a secluded bubble away from the city, Stephen Miller’s wife treats Washington’s most powerful to custom cakes, live donkeys, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026

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