ADMINISTRATIVE Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

administrative

adjective

əd-ˈmi-nə-ˌstrā-tiv

as in managerial

suited for or relating to the directing of things among his other administrative duties is the appointment of transit authority officials

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Recent Examples of administrative With less than two weeks to go before the March primary, DuPage Undersheriff Eddie Moore — who’s vying to rise the ranks to sheriff — has been placed on administrative leave. —

Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026 The financial and administrative cost of legal battles Suing the federal government over funding suspensions is expensive. —

Max Crowley, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026 The two deputies who fired their weapons have been placed on administrative assignment pending the outcome of the investigation, per protocol. —

Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026 Police officials say the process is designed to separate administrative questions — whether policy was followed — from potential criminal liability. —

Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for administrative

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managerial

Adjective

There was a short uptick in form under Dyche, but Forest decided to make another managerial switch in February with Vitor Pereira appointed as the club’s fourth manager of the campaign with the backdrop of the club just one place above the relegation zone.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Don Kelly was given the interim managerial job after Derek Shelton was fired after a 12-26 start.

— Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026