Synonyms for management
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Mgmt — administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution…
2. Administration
administration, agency, governance, control, government, direction, care, oversight, conduct, guidance, regulation, work, charge, charre UK, steering, hand, disposition, influence, superintendence, superintendency, gestion, economy dated
Other
policy, treatment, manipulation, transaction, chiefery rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
- n. 2
The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
Forms
- Plural
- managements → administrations, agencies, governances, controls…
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Care has also the sense of responsibility, with possible control, as expressed in charge, management, oversight; as, these children are under my care; send the money to me in care of the firm.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- administration He's in charge of administration at the hospital.
- agency Tom works for the Environmental Protection Agency.
- policy He attacked the government's policy in his speech.
- treatment Please follow the treatment given by the hospital.
- manipulation Mental manipulation tricks just don't work on me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| management | steady | |
| administration | falling | |
| agency | falling | |
| policy | steady | |
| treatment | steady | |
| manipulation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- mgt
- 4 letters
- work1, care1, hand1, mgmt
- 6 letters
- policy3, charge1, agency3, charre
- 7 letters
- control2, economy4, conduct2, gestion
- 8 letters
- guidance2, steering2, chiefery
- 9 letters
- treatment2, direction3, influence3, oversight3
- 10 letters
- government3, regulation4, governance3
- 11 letters
- transaction3, disposition4
- 12 letters
- manipulation5
- 14 letters
- administration5
- 15 letters
- superintendence, superintendency
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (policy3 = 3 syllables).