administrate

1. 1.

   work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of

   “administer a program”

   “she administers the funds”

   Synonymsadminister

   Broadermanage

   Narrowerpontificateoversee

Other forms of administrate

past tense

administrated·

present participle

administrating·

third person

administrates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about administrate

What does administrate mean?

administrate means "work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of".

How many syllables are in administrate?

administrate has 4 syllables: ad-min-i-strate. The stress falls on "min". In IPA it is /ædˈmɪnɪˌstɹeɪt/.

What is another word for administrate?

Close synonyms include administer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is administrate a common word?

administrate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with administrate?

10 words rhyme with administrate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.