Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "minister" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

congregation

Typical Location

ankara choir boy parliament

Capable Of

church flock lead congregation marry couple offer solace

Derived Terms

Eucharistic minister cabinet minister catechetical minister chief minister deputy first minister e-minister ecclesial minister ex-minister extraordinary minister first minister foreign minister interior minister junior minister lay minister liturgical minister minister of justice minister of state minister without portfolio minister-president ministerer ministerless ministerlike ministerly ministership ministration ministress ordinary minister prime minister resident minister shadow minister stickit minister subminister superminister underminister unministered unministerlike

Context

united kingdom

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

attend cleric diplomat diplomatist executive executive director look provost public service reverend see take care work

Type Of (IsA)

clergyman diplomat executive human official of church provost public service religious leader

Manner Of

attend work

Part Of

cabinet

Receives Action

found in church

Related Terms

cleric father ministerial ministerium ministrix ministry parson pastor priest vicar

Related Terms

agent aid ambassador assistant attend authorized authorized person been been ordained being being president bible britain british british leader british official british prime cabinet chaplain christian christian preacher church church head church leader church man church official church person church preacher church priest church speaker churches clergy clergyman cleric clerical clerical person collar congregation description diplomacy dog dog collar elected elected person english english pm father figure flock gives gives sermons giving giving sermons government government official head head parliament high high official holy identity in britain in government inferior instrument job job description leader like like preacher like priest man marriage marriage official methodist ministerial ministerium ministry minstrel office officer official ordained parliament parson pastor pastor reverend person pm political political figure political identity political office politician politician role preacher preacher chaplain preacher man preacher reverend president priest priest pastor priest reverend prime prime something protestant protestant clergy protestant priest public service pulpit rank religion religion leader religious religious leader religious man religious official religious pastor religious person reverend reverend priest reverent role sermons servant service speaker subordinate take care tend tending tending flock title vicar

Synonym Network

curate

Used For

aid process of forgiveness ask for advice being head of church ceremonies conducting funeral facilitate find comfort get religious answers give sermon god's chosen guidance lead group leading congregation learn church positions make home visits make hospital visits marrage marry marrying people people perform burial services perform funeral services perform marriage perform service praying preaching receive counsel sunday service teach visiting sick

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.