administrator
UK/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə//ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tɚ/
administrator noun: one who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
Noun (1)
administrator (plural administrators)
- One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
- Kraft Heinz said the new products will be available nationwide to all school administrators to procure and offer to students either for purchase in the lunchroom – though the company did not disclose the cost to schools – or for free through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).2023 March 13, Parija Kavilanz, “Lunchables are going to be rolled out directly to students. Here’s what’s in them”, in CNN
- Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.2025 February 25, Kaitlan Collins and Tierney Sneed, “White House reveals who DOGE acting administrator is”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- chief, head, head man, controller, comptroller, duke, foreman, organizer overseer, superintendent, supervisor
- A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:administrator.
- One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.
Noun (2) capitalized: Administrator
Administrator (plural Administrators)
- The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.
administrator meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
administrator in Hindi
- one who administers affairs
- प्रशासक praśāsak, प्रबंधक prabandhak
- computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
- प्रशासक praśāsak
administrator in Tamil
- மேலாண்மையர், நிர்வாகி, செயலாட்சியர், ஆட்சிப்பொறுப்பாளர்
administrator in Urdu
- one who administers affairs
- مُنْصَرِم munsarim, مُنْتَظِم muntazim
administrator in Bengali
- প্রশাসক, পরিচালক, শাসক, শাসনকত্র্তা, কারকুন, পরিপালক
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- administrator in Malayalam
- രക്ഷാധികാരി, കാര്യനിർവാഹകൻ, ഭരണാധികാരി
- administrator in Arabic
- مُدِير mudīr, مُدِيرَة mudīra
- administrator in Indonesian
- administrator, administratur
- administrator in Thai
- ผู้บริหาร pûu-bɔɔ-rí-hǎan
- administrator in Vietnamese
- quản trị viên, nhà quản trị
Examples of administrator in a sentence
- The Chaos Gang managed to get administrator permissions and nuke the entire server in seconds.
- The administrators, growing tired of such idiocy, put a new policy in place.
- The administrator let the minor infraction slide with only a disapproving look.
Synonyms of administrator
- chief
- head
- head man
- controller
- comptroller
- duke
- foreman
- organizer overseer
- superintendent
- supervisor
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Forms of administrator
| plural | administrators |
|---|---|
| plural | Administrators |
| alternative form (obsolete) | administratour |
Origin of administrator
Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.
Words formed from administrator
Questions about administrator
- What does administrator mean?
- Administrator means one who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
- What is administrator in Hindi?
- Administrator in Hindi is प्रशासक (praśāsak), प्रबंधक (prabandhak). See Administrator meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is administrator?
- Administrator is a noun.
- How do you pronounce administrator?
- Administrator is pronounced /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of administrator?
- The plural of administrator is administrators.
Words near administrator in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: administrator (page history and authors); Administrator (page history and authors); administrator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); administrator (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); administrator (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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