| Administrative (a.) Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy. Thesaurus Entries absolute, administrative, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, directing, executive, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, managing, matriarchal, matriarchic, ministerial, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, political, republican, self-governing, supervisory, theocratic, totalitarian |