All minister synonyms
minΒ·isΒ·ter
M m verb minister
- pander β a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- foster β to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
- attend β If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
- doctor β a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- heal β to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- tend β to attend by action, care, etc. (usually followed by to).
- accommodate β If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- remedy β something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
- succor β help; relief; aid; assistance.
- treat β to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- answer β When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- nurse β a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- cure β If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
- administer β If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- care β If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it.
- comfort β If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- serve β to act as a servant.
- succour β help; relief; aid; assistance.
- do for β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- wait on β to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- take care of β a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
noun minister
- priest β a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- rector β a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- parson β a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- reverend β (initial capital letter) (used as a title of respect applied or prefixed to the name of a member of the clergy or a religious order): Reverend Timothy Cranshaw; Reverend Mother.
- clergyman β A clergyman is a male member of the clergy.
- clergywoman β a female member of the clergy
- cleric β A cleric is a member of the clergy.
- vicar β Church of England. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong. the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- bishop β A bishop is a clergyman of high rank in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches.
- pastor β a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- abbot β An abbot is the monk who is in charge of the other monks in a monastery or abbey.
- archbishop β In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, an archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, who is in charge of all the bishops and priests in a particular country or region.
- archdeacon β An archdeacon is a high-ranking clergyman who works as an assistant to a bishop, especially in the Anglican church.
- chaplain β A chaplain is a member of the Christian clergy who does religious work in a place such as a hospital, school, prison, or in the armed forces.
- clergy β The clergy are the official leaders of the religious activities of a particular group of believers.
- clerk β A clerk is a person who works in an office, bank, or law court and whose job is to look after the records or accounts.
- confessor β A confessor is a priest who hears a person's confession.
- curate β A curate is a clergyman in the Anglican Church who helps the priest.
- deacon β A deacon is a member of the clergy, for example in the Church of England, who is lower in rank than a priest.
- dean β A dean is an important official at a university or college.
- diocesan β of or relating to a diocese.
- divine β of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
- ecclesiastic β a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
- lecturer β a person who lectures.
- missionary β a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.