MINISTERING (TO) Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

ministering (to)

verb

present participle of minister (to)

as in administering (to)

to attend to the needs and comforts of volunteered to help minister to the sick at the local hospice

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Uncle Jimmy hung back by the drippy windows at the rear of the kitchen nursing a Schlitz.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Box Wine is nursing an ACL tear and is not expected to be ready for Week 1.

— Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of nursing

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As executed, the 2019 show is an emotional yet refreshingly unsentimental black comedy that snickers in the face of empowerment buzzwords like, well, healing journey.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
The three brothers were asked by a fan if becoming fathers has been healing for them.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

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Second, stop treating weather as a static forecast and start treating it as a real-time AI signal.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America may be on the upswing, but that organization’s position on Israel — in effect treating it as a revisionist state a la North Korea — still holds little traction on Capitol Hill.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

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