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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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
Rachel dates a shoe store operator named Lou (Bob Hoskins), while Charlotte nurses a crush on her handsome young school bus driver and flirts with Catholicism to the chagrin of her Jewish mother.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 17 July 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

Definition of mothers

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Somebody reached into the machinery that treats drinking water in a dozen states, in real towns, while the rest of us argued about model releases.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
An Elk Grove mother is fighting to change how California treats fatal car crashes after her son Connor Lopez, 23, was killed when a driver turned left in front of his motorcycle in April 2025.

— Ruyuan Li. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026

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