MINISTERED (TO) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

ministered (to)

verb

past tense of minister (to)

as in administered (to)

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

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Eli wore skateboard shoes and nursed a giant bottle of Diet Mountain Dew.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 3 Sep. 2026
Scott had similarly worked with Flynn and Colman before, as well as Billie Piper, who’s magnetic as the famed casting director Patsy Pollack, who nursed Charleson in his last days.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

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For most of Saturday afternoon, Boise State treated one of college football’s most daunting stadiums with a suspicious lack of reverence.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The child was treated by medics on scene and taken to Cook Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead in the emergency room.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026

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