Definitions

administrative

[ad-min-uh-strey-tiv, -struh-] / ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪ tɪv, -strə- /

ADJECTIVE

involved in managing or using power

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bureaucratic departmental governmental legislative managerial organizational policy-making regulatory supervisory

WEAK

authoritative central commanding controlling deciding decisive directing directive directorial executive governing in charge in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising

Example Sentences

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A district court in the Voronezh region found Lunin guilty of an administrative offence of displaying "extremist" symbols, the court said on its website -- a ruling that typically carries a days-long jail stint.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

For decades, tens of thousands of pages of these reports, orders and administrative records sat in libraries and archives across India and Britain.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

The Kremlin didn’t comment on the announcement of the state of emergency imposed by the governors of Crimea and Sevastopol, a Crimean city that is a separate administrative entity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Kil was placed on a 60-day administrative leave while the university conducted its investigation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

From a professor, she learns what happened: Alice, the administrative assistant, had fallen suddenly by the mailboxes.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Vocabulary lists containing administrative

Obama's 2013 State of the Union

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State and Local Governments, Sections 1–4

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