Minister

//ˈmɪn.əˌstɚ//

Synonyms for "minister" (148 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (30)

Noun(1 words)
government minister
Verb(1 words)
do

Strong matches (44)

Verb(1 words)
give

Related words (74)

Verb(2 words)
impartturn in

Related word relations

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14 relation types

More general

13 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

10 entries

at location

3 entries

capable of

4 entries

derived

36 entries

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has context

1 entries

is a

8 entries

manner of

2 entries

part of

1 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

134 entries

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used for

30 entries

Showing 16 of 30 words.

Translations

265 translations across 112 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • dienaar noun (someone who serves others)
  • dominee noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • predikant noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Albanian

3 entries
  • ministre noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ministër noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • prift noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ሚኒስትር noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὑπουργός noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Arabic

4 entries
  • دَاعِيَة noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • قِسِّيس noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • كَاهِن noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • وزير noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Armenian

2 entries
  • նախարար noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • քահանա noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Assamese

3 entries
  • উজীৰ noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • মন্ত্ৰী noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • মিনিষ্টাৰ noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • nazir noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • vəzir noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • министр noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Basque

1 entries
  • ministro noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • міні́стар noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • міні́старка noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • міні́стр noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • міні́стрка noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Bengali

2 entries
  • উজির noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • মন্ত্রী noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Bole

1 entries
  • minista noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • мини́стър noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • мини́стърка noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • свеще́ник noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • служа verb (to attend to; to tend)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဘုန်းကြီး noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ဝန်ကြီး noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Catalan

2 entries
  • ministre noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ministre de l'església noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᎵᏣᏙᎲᏍᎩ noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Chichewa

2 entries
  • mbusa noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • nduna noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 大臣 noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • 牧師 /牧师 noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 大臣 noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • 牧師 /牧师 noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • 部長 /部长 noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 大臣 noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • 牧師 /牧师 noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • 部長 /部长 noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • свѧщеникъ noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • nazir noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Czech

4 entries
  • duchovní noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • kněz noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ministr noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ministryně noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Danish

3 entries
  • minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • pastor noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • præst noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Dari

3 entries
  • وَزِیر noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • کَاهِن noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • کَشِیش noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ވަޒީރު noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Dutch

3 entries
  • dienaar noun (someone who serves others)
  • dominee noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 牧師 /牧师 noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Erzya

2 entries
  • туростор noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • туростор noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • ministro noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • pastoro noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • pastro noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Estonian

2 entries
  • minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • preester noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Finnish

3 entries
  • ministeri noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • palvelija noun (someone who serves others)
  • pappi noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

French

3 entries
  • ministre noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • pasteur noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • prêtre noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Galician

2 entries
  • ministro noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ministro noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მინისტრი noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • მღვდელი noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

German

4 entries
  • Dienstamtsträger noun (person who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church)
  • Dienstamtsträgerin noun (person who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church)
  • Minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • Ministerin noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 noun (someone who serves others)

Greek

2 entries
  • πάστορας noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • υπουργός noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • મંત્રી noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 大臣 noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Hausa

1 entries
  • minista noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • כֹּהֵן noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • כֹּמֶר noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • כּוֹהֵן noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • כומר noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Hindi

4 entries
  • काहिन noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • पादरी noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • मंत्री noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • याजक noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • lelkipásztor noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • lelkész noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • miniszter noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Iban

1 entries
  • menteri noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • prestur noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ráðherra noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • menteri noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • وَزیر noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • کاهِن noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • کَشیش noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Italian

1 entries
  • prete noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 大臣 noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • 牧師 noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • 長官 noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Javanese

1 entries
  • mantri noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಮಂತ್ರಿ noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • министр noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • уәзір noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Khmer

2 entries
  • មន្ត្រី noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Korean

4 entries
  • 대신 noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • 목사 noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • 상 noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • 장관 noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • вазир noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • министр noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Ladino

3 entries
  • agá noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • bakan noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • vezir noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Lao

2 entries
  • ນິຄົນ noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ລັດຖະມົນຕີ noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Latvian

4 entries
  • ministre noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ministrs noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • mācītājs noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • priesteris noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • kunigas noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ministras noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ministrė noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • министер noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • министерка noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • све́штеник noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Malay

1 entries
  • menteri noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മന്ത്രി noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Marathi

1 entries
  • मंत्री noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • сайд noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠳ noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Māori

2 entries
  • minita noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • minita noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Navajo

1 entries
  • ééʼ neishoodii noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Nepali

1 entries
  • मन्त्री noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • qeşe noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • wezîr noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • şalyar noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • prest noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ministre noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Odia

1 entries
  • ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Old English

1 entries
  • þeġen noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Pashto

4 entries
  • وزير noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • پادري noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • کاهن noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • کشیش noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Pijin

1 entries
  • minista noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Prädja noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Polish

4 entries
  • duchowny noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ksiądz noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • pastor noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • ministro noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • pastor noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Romanian

4 entries
  • ministru noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ministră noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • pastor noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • preot noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Russian

4 entries
  • исполни́тель noun (someone who serves others)
  • мини́стр noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • свяще́нник noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • помога́ть verb (to attend to; to tend)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • मन्त्रि noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • मन्त्रिन् noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ministear noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ministear noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • duhòvnīk noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • mìnistar noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • mìnistrica noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • mìnistārka noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Slovak

4 entries
  • duchovný noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • kňaz noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ministryňa noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Slovene

3 entries
  • duhovnik noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ministrica noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Sotho

2 entries
  • moruti noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • tona noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Spanish

3 entries
  • ministro noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ministro noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ministrar verb (to attend to; to tend)

Swahili

1 entries
  • waziri noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Swedish

4 entries
  • minister noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • präst noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ta hand om verb (to attend to; to tend)
  • vårda verb (to attend to; to tend)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kataluna noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • ministro noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Tajik

1 entries
  • вазир noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Tamil

2 entries
  • அமைச்சர் noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • மந்திரி noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Tatar

2 entries
  • вәзир noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • министр noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Telugu

1 entries
  • మంత్రి noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Thai

2 entries
  • บาทหลวง noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • รัฐมนตรี noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • བློན་པོ noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • āmaś noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • minista noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • nduna noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Turkish

2 entries
  • bakan noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • vezir noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • ministr noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ruhany noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • wezir noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • міні́стр noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • міні́стрка noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • свяще́ник noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Urdu

4 entries
  • خادِمِ دِین noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • وَزِیر noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • پادْری noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • کاہِن noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ۋەزىر noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • ministr noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • ruhoniy noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • vazir noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bộ trưởng noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • linh mục noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • mục sư noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • thừa tác viên noun (person who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church)

Volapük

1 entries
  • ninisteran noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gweinidog noun (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
  • gweinidog noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מיניסטער noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • weyner noun (politician who heads a ministry)
  • wezır noun (politician who heads a ministry)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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The press besieged the minister with questions.

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The foreign minister attended the talks.

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The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.

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If I were prime minister, I'd give Clinton a good talking to.

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