administrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of administrate
as in supervises
to look after and make decisions about they're looking for someone to administrate the new division

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for administrates
  1. supervises
  2. oversees
  3. operates
  4. manages
  5. regulates
  6. conducts
  7. handles
  8. controls
Verb
  • The executive also coordinates and supervises county departments and is responsible for submitting an annual balanced budget to the Legislature.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Bardin also supervises the company’s equity fund, launched in 2025 to finance documentary films and series with commercial potential.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervises
Verb
  • Rochman, the University of Toronto researcher, co-authored a petition urging rigorous scrutiny of microplastics by the International Joint Commission, a binational group that oversees the treaty.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • What the state won't or can't tell us California's Office of Youth and Community Restoration, or OYCR, oversees the LRP educational pathway programs that its director describes as a prison-to-university pipeline.
    — Julie Watts August 20, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of oversees
Verb
  • The Royal Gorge Route operates year-round with up to four departures daily up and down the gorge.
    — Jocelyn Rowley, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Ozon is an e-commerce and technology company that operates as an online marketplace selling millions of products.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of operates
Verb
  • The mall’s owners had sold the property to the Centurion Foundation, which manages real estate and development for universities and hospitals.
    — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • An improbable preparation that somehow manages to be immediately familiar and comforting, this cheeseburger fried rice is a little peek into all the fun going down at Agnes and Sherman in Houston, one of our Best New Restaurants of 2026.
    — Nick Wong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of manages
Verb
  • Rousting caregivers at night Villa Serena’s ALFs have been repeatedly cited by the Agency for Health Care Administration, which regulates nursing homes and ALFs in Florida.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • His department, through The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, regulates self-driving vehicles.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of regulates
Verb
  • The executive order says the restriction is temporary while the department conducts a broader policy review.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
  • One of the challenges of the technique is making a sorbent that won’t degrade from the heat and that conducts electricity uniformly.
    — Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of conducts
Verb
  • Taylor Farms works with hundreds of family farms for its produce and handles processing, packaging and distribution itself.
    — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • As a private entity, LifeWise handles its program independently, including parent opt-ins, locations, scheduling and student transportation.
    — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of handles
Verb
  • The privacy controls around those ads are especially relevant here.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • But before Bane can finish him off, Batman stabs a Batarang into a little knob on Bane’s wrist gauntlet, the one that controls his intake of Venom.
    — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of controls
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“Administrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administrates. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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