administrator

Meaning

1. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
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
3. One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.

Synonyms

manager

director

ruler

executive

leader

trustee

governor

chief

head

commander

supervisor

official

caretaker

dictator

operations manager

commandant

skipper

keeper

executive director

decision maker

functionary

liquidator

principal

steward

managing director

captain

controller

guardian

tutor

superintendent

system administrator

tender

vice-president

warden

caregiver

office manager

government

the lord of a town

executor of a will

organization man

administrative man

administrative professional

administration

administrative user

advisor

arbitrator

attendant

attender

bailiff

bureaucrat

Translations

administrador

administrateur

amministratore

administrador

Administrator

Verwalter

beheerder

διαχειριστής

administrateur

administrador

bestuurder

Verweser

gérant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ədˈmɪnɪstɹeɪtə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.