administration

n.

1. The direction of affairs

   management, government, supervision, command, superintendence, guidance, surveillance, conduct, conducting, directing, direction, decision making, decision theory, oversight, organization, agency, authority, disposition, policing, treatment, handling, strategy, policy, ordering, legislation, jurisdiction, execution, regulation, performance, rule, order, enforcement, charge, control, power, husbandry, housekeeping, stewardship.

2. Those who direct affairs

   directors, administrators, officers, supervisors, executives, superintendents, advisers, command, stewards, strategists, officials, committee, board, board of directors, board of governors, board of overseers, executive, executive office, executive branch, legislature, office of the president, president, presidency, chief executive, cabinet, ministry, commander, chair, chairman, general, admiral, commander in chief, central office, headquarters, the management, executive committee, bureau, consulate, consulate general, embassy, legation, department, Washington, chargé d'affaires, governmental power, party in power, brass*; front office*, the powers that be*, (insider's) insider*, the man*.

3. The period in which an administration, sense 2, is operative

   term, term of office, tenure, presidency, regime, reign, dynasty, incumbency, power, stay.