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administrator

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/
  • General-American: /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tɚ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 D M IH1 N AH0 S T R EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:administrator.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

someone who manages a government agency or department

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: executive

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: head, chief, top dog

Narrower terms: commissioner, Director of Central Intelligence, DCI, prefect, Secretary General, triumvir, Raffles, Sir Thomas Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant

6

noun

Meaning 6

the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fiduciary

7

noun

Meaning 7

someone who administers a business

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: decision maker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: head, chief, top dog

Narrower terms: academic administrator, director, manager, managing director, executive, executive director, hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman, hosteller, land agent, security director, vice chancellor

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-European *minéwti Proto-Italic *minuō? Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Italic *-(j)ōs? Proto-Italic *minōs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *minosteros Latin minister Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin ministrō Latin administrō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin administrātorbor. English administrator Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.

Across languages

Translations

204 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: administrator — one who administers affairs
  • Arabic: مُدِير (mudīr) — one who administers affairs
  • Arabic: مُدِيرَة (mudīra) — one who administers affairs
  • Armenian: վարիչ (varičʻ) — one who administers affairs
  • Armenian: կառավարիչ (kaṙavaričʻ) — one who administers affairs
  • Basque: administratzaile — one who administers affairs
  • Belarusian: адміністра́тар (administrátar) — one who administers affairs
  • Belarusian: адміністра́тарка (administrátarka) — one who administers affairs
  • Bulgarian: упра́вител (uprávitel) — one who administers affairs
  • Bulgarian: упра́вителка (uprávitelka) — one who administers affairs
  • Bulgarian: ръководи́тел (rǎkovodítel) — one who administers affairs
  • Bulgarian: ръководи́телка (rǎkovodítelka) — one who administers affairs
  • Catalan: administrador — one who administers affairs
  • Catalan: administradora — one who administers affairs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 管理員 /管理员 (guǎnlǐyuán) — one who administers affairs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 管理者 (guǎnlǐzhě) — one who administers affairs
  • Czech: správce — one who administers affairs
  • Czech: správkyně — one who administers affairs
  • Czech: administrátor — one who administers affairs
  • Czech: administrátorka — one who administers affairs
  • Danish: administrator — one who administers affairs
  • Dutch: beheerder — one who administers affairs
  • Esperanto: administranto — one who administers affairs
  • Estonian: administraator — one who administers affairs
  • Estonian: valitseja — one who administers affairs
  • Finnish: hallintovirkamies (in gov't) — one who administers affairs
  • Finnish: hallinnoija — one who administers affairs
  • French: administrateur — one who administers affairs
  • French: administratrice — one who administers affairs
  • French: gestionnaire — one who administers affairs
  • French: gérant — one who administers affairs
  • French: gérante — one who administers affairs
  • Georgian: ადმინისტრატორი (adminisṭraṭori) — one who administers affairs
  • German: Verwalter — one who administers affairs
  • German: Verwalterin — one who administers affairs
  • German: Verwaltungsleiter — one who administers affairs
  • German: Sachbearbeiter — one who administers affairs
  • German: Administrator — one who administers affairs
  • Greek: διαχειριστής (diacheiristís) — one who administers affairs
  • Greek: διαχειρίστρια (diacheirístria) — one who administers affairs
  • Ancient Greek: διοικητής (dioikētḗs) — one who administers affairs
  • Haitian Creole: administratè — one who administers affairs
  • Hindi: प्रशासक (praśāsak) — one who administers affairs
  • Hindi: प्रबंधक (prabandhak) — one who administers affairs
  • Hungarian: ügyintéző — one who administers affairs
  • Hungarian: adminisztrátor — one who administers affairs
  • Ido: administrero — one who administers affairs
  • Ido: administranto — one who administers affairs
  • Ido: administristo — one who administers affairs
  • Indonesian: administrator — one who administers affairs
  • Indonesian: administratur — one who administers affairs
  • Irish: riarthóir — one who administers affairs
  • Italian: amministratore — one who administers affairs
  • Italian: amministratrice — one who administers affairs
  • Japanese: 管理者 (kanrisha) — one who administers affairs
  • Kazakh: әкімші (äkımşı) — one who administers affairs
  • Kazakh: әкімгер (äkımger) — one who administers affairs
  • Kazakh: басқарушы (basqaruşy) — one who administers affairs
  • Kazakh: жарлықшы (jarlyqşy) — one who administers affairs
  • Kazakh: өкімгер (ökımger) — one who administers affairs
  • Kazakh: өкімші (ökımşı) — one who administers affairs
  • Kazakh: тәртіпші (tärtıpşı) — one who administers affairs
  • Khmer: អ្នកអភិបាល (nĕək ʼaʼphibaal) — one who administers affairs
  • Khmer: អភិបាល (ʼaʼphibaal) — one who administers affairs
  • Korean: 관리자 (gwallija) — one who administers affairs
  • Kyrgyz: администратор (administrator) — one who administers affairs
  • Lao: ຜູ້ບໍລິຫານ (phū bǭ li hān) — one who administers affairs
  • Latin: administrator — one who administers affairs
  • Latvian: administrators — one who administers affairs
  • Latvian: administratore — one who administers affairs
  • Latvian: pārvaldnieks — one who administers affairs
  • Latvian: direktors — one who administers affairs
  • Latvian: vadītājs — one who administers affairs
  • Lithuanian: administratorius — one who administers affairs
  • Lithuanian: administratorė — one who administers affairs
  • Macedonian: администра́тор (administrátor) — one who administers affairs
  • Macedonian: администра́торка (administrátorka) — one who administers affairs
  • Macedonian: управник (upravnik) — one who administers affairs
  • Macedonian: управничка (upravnička) — one who administers affairs
  • Māori: kaiwhakahaere — one who administers affairs
  • Navajo: hooʼááłígíí — one who administers affairs
  • Norman: adminnistrateu — one who administers affairs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: administrator — one who administers affairs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: administrator — one who administers affairs
  • Iranian Persian: مُدیر (modir) — one who administers affairs
  • Polish: zarządca — one who administers affairs
  • Polish: zarządczyni — one who administers affairs
  • Polish: administrator — one who administers affairs
  • Polish: administratorka — one who administers affairs
  • Portuguese: administrador — one who administers affairs
  • Portuguese: administradora — one who administers affairs
  • Quechua: surkukuk — one who administers affairs
  • Romanian: administrator — one who administers affairs
  • Romanian: administratoare — one who administers affairs
  • Russian: администра́тор (administrátor) — one who administers affairs
  • Russian: руководи́тель (rukovodítelʹ) — one who administers affairs
  • Russian: руководи́тельница (rukovodítelʹnica) — one who administers affairs
  • Russian: управля́ющий (upravljájuščij) — one who administers affairs
  • Russian: управля́ющая (upravljájuščaja) — one who administers affairs
  • Russian: распоряди́тель (rasporjadítelʹ) — one who administers affairs
  • Russian: распоряди́тельница (rasporjadítelʹnica) — one who administers affairs
  • Scots: admeenistrator — one who administers affairs
  • Scottish Gaelic: rianaire — one who administers affairs
  • Serbo-Croatian: упра̀витељ — one who administers affairs
  • Serbo-Croatian: управитѐљица — one who administers affairs
  • Serbo-Croatian: upràvitelj — one who administers affairs
  • Serbo-Croatian: upravitèljica — one who administers affairs
  • Slovak: správca — one who administers affairs
  • Slovak: správkyňa — one who administers affairs
  • Slovak: administrátor — one who administers affairs
  • Slovak: administrátorka — one who administers affairs
  • Slovene: upravitelj — one who administers affairs
  • Slovene: upraviteljica — one who administers affairs
  • Spanish: administrador — one who administers affairs
  • Spanish: administradora — one who administers affairs
  • Swedish: administratör — one who administers affairs
  • Swedish: handläggare — one who administers affairs
  • Tajik: мудир (mudir) — one who administers affairs
  • Tatar: идарәче (idaräçe) — one who administers affairs
  • Thai: ผู้บริหาร (pûu-bɔɔ-rí-hǎan) — one who administers affairs
  • Turkish: yönetici — one who administers affairs
  • Turkish: idareci — one who administers affairs
  • Turkish: müdür — one who administers affairs
  • Turkmen: dolandyryjy — one who administers affairs
  • Ukrainian: адміністра́тор (administrátor) — one who administers affairs
  • Ukrainian: адміністра́торка (administrátorka) — one who administers affairs
  • Urdu: مُنْصَرِم (munsarim) — one who administers affairs
  • Urdu: مُنْتَظِم (muntazim) — one who administers affairs
  • Vietnamese: quản trị viên — one who administers affairs
  • Vietnamese: nhà quản trị — one who administers affairs
  • Bulgarian: опеку́н (opekún) — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Catalan: administrador — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Catalan: administradora — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Czech: správce — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Czech: správkyně — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Finnish: uskottu mies — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • French: gestionnaire — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • German: Nachlassverwalter — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Greek: διαχειριστής (diacheiristís) — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Hungarian: hagyatéki gondnok — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Hungarian: végrendeleti végrehajtó — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Hungarian: gyám — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Hungarian: vagyonfelügyelő — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Hungarian: csődtömeggondnok — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Japanese: 遺産管理人 (isan kanrinin) — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Navajo: dahwéetʼaahígíí — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Polish: zarządca — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Polish: zarządczyni — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Portuguese: administrador — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Russian: опеку́н (opekún) — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Russian: душеприка́зчик (dušeprikázčik) — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Slovak: správca — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Slovak: správkyňa — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Spanish: administrador — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Spanish: albacea — law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
  • Belarusian: адміністра́тар (administrátar) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Belarusian: адміністра́тарка (administrátarka) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Bulgarian: администра́тор (administrátor) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Bulgarian: администра́торка (administrátorka) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Chinese Mandarin: 管理員 /管理员 (guǎnlǐyuán) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Czech: správce — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Czech: správkyně — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Dutch: administrator — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Estonian: administraator — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Finnish: ylläpitäjä — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • French: administrateur — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • French: administratrice — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • French: admin — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Georgian: ადმინისტრატორი (adminisṭraṭori) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • German: Administrator — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • German: Administratorin — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Greek: διαχειριστής (diacheiristís) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Haitian Creole: administratè — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Hindi: प्रशासक (praśāsak) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Hungarian: rendszergazda — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Indonesian: administrator — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Irish: riarthóir — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Japanese: 管理者 (kanrisha) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Kazakh: басқарушы (basqaruşy) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Khmer: អ្នកអភិបាល (nĕək ʼaʼphibaal) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Korean: 관리자 (gwallija) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Kyrgyz: администратор (administrator) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Latvian: administrators — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Latvian: administratore — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Lithuanian: administratorius — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Lithuanian: administratorė — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Macedonian: администра́тор (administrátor) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Macedonian: администра́торка (administrátorka) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Navajo: dahwéetʼaahígíí — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Norman: adminnistrateu — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Norwegian Bokmål: administrator — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: administrator — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Iranian Persian: مُدیر (modir) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Polish: administrator — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Polish: administratorka — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Portuguese: administrador — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Portuguese: admin — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Slovak: správca — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Slovak: správkyňa — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Swedish: administratör — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Turkish: administratör — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Turkish: yönetici — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Ukrainian: адміністра́тор (administrátor) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Ukrainian: адміністра́торка (administrátorka) — computing: one who is responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
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