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administer to

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ADMINISTER

to attend to the needs and comforts of <volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice>

Synonyms administer (to), care (for), minister (to), mother

Related Words cure, heal, remedy; doctor, treat; aid, conserve, preserve, provide (for), support; baby, coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil; cater (to), humor; indulge

Near Antonyms brush (aside or off), forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, slight

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