administrator
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
Other meanings
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
Synonyms
- decision maker
Related words
- administratorship
- administratress
- coadministrator
- maladministrator
- nonadministrator
- subadministrator
- superadministrator
- sysadmin
- city administrator
- administratorial
- database administrator
- system administrator
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “administrator” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.