ADMINISTER (TO) Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

administer (to)

verb

Definition of administer (to)

as in to minister (to)

to attend to the needs and comforts of volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice

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For years, Pollock’s brother Sande had nursed him through alcoholism and breakdowns, but then Krasner stepped in.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
In 2023, 32-year old Lauren Norris felt pain while nursing her youngest of three children.

— Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of nurse

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The new cub's arrival marks the first time Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has had a lion birth since July 2020, when lioness Abana mothered three cubs.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 17 June 2026
Virginia Dulles was the opposite of Louanne Bixby—even a hundred children couldn’t exhaust her need to mother them.

— Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Definition of mother

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For many years, Grant was viewed in bright contrast to his dad; as a kid, he was seen to be a stable figure in a tumultuous household.

— Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
The stadium has become notorious for the glare and has been seen to affect receivers during games.

— Cal Phillips June 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026

Definition of see to

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Rather than relying solely on conventional T cells, future treatments may be able to exploit gamma delta T cells to expose a vulnerability in a cancer that has proved exceptionally difficult to treat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
The hospital in question denied that Talarico had ever been treated there.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

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