administer

administer is a 10-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state.
2. transitive verb. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
3. transitive verb. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
4. transitive verb. To tender, as an oath.
5. transitive verb. To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
6. intransitive verb. To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
7. intransitive verb. To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
8. noun. Administrator.
9. verb. give or apply (medications)

   Synonyms: dispense

10. verb. administer or bestow, as in small portions

    "administer critical remarks to everyone present"

    "dole out some money"

    Synonyms: allot, deal, dispense, distribute, lot

11. verb. perform (a church sacrament) ritually

    "administer the last unction"

12. verb. work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of

    "administer a program"

    "she administers the funds"

    Synonyms: administrate

13. verb. direct the taking of

    "administer an exam"

    "administer an oath"

Synonyms

dispense, allot, deal, distribute, lot, administrate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in administer:

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Common word forms

administers, administered, administering

Words from these letters

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