administering

ADJECTIVE

managing

Synonyms

STRONG

admonishing advising controlling executing governing guiding handling husbanding inspecting leading operating organizing overseeing piloting regulating steering superintending supervising

Antonyms

STRONG

subordinate

ADJECTIVE

operating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

performing running

STRONG

accomplishing conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving spinning supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding

WEAK

at work

NOUN

administration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agency authority control government legislation organization policy rule

STRONG

application charge command conduct conducting direction dispensation disposition distribution enforcement execution governing guidance handling jurisdiction order oversight performance power provision regulation running strategy superintendence supervision surveillance

WEAK

directing overseeing

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization disregard failure ignorance inefficiency lawlessness mismanagement neglect

NOUN

application

Synonyms

STRONGEST

treatment

STRONG

administration rubbing

WEAK

applying creaming dosing oiling

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Administering early vaccines to young children was part of Texas’ response playbook for recent measles outbreaks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Administering the oath in a public ceremony will be Bernie Sanders, among the most prominently Jewish senators in the country.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2026

Administering the rule of law impartially requires dispassionate decision-making.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2024

Administering drugs late can have serious consequences for some conditions, for instance, insulin injections for diabetics, or medicines for Parkinson's disease.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2023

Method of Administering Diet.—First: a period of total abstinence from food.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

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