Minister Synonym

meeting, assembly, gathering, conference, convention, session, council, forum, conclave, congress, huddle, rally, symposium, colloquium, convocation, congregation, parley, powwow, sit-down, roundtable, get-together, discussion, consultation, workshop, seminar, panel, brain trust, committee, task force, working group, caucus [x]

undermine, overthrow, destabilize, sabotage, topple, corrupt pervert, disrupt, overturn, weaken, invalidate, debase, unsettle, ruin, demolish, wreck, impair, damage, degrade, vitiate, debilitate, erode, enfeeble, sap, undercut, compromise, challenge, threaten, subdue, suppress, defeat, conquer, vanquish, overpower, overwhelm, crush, quash, quell, extinguish, annihilate, obliterate, devastate, ravage, raze, dismantle, disassemble, disintegrate, fragment, shatter [x]

meetings, assemblies, gatherings, conventions, conferences, sessions, councils, summits, forums, conclaves, huddles, synods, convocations, symposiums, colloquiums, panels, roundtables, workshops, seminars, discussions, consultations, deliberations, negotiations, parliaments, congresses, committees, boards, task forces, working groups, study groups, focus groups, planning sessions, strategy sessions, briefings, powwows, sit-downs, get-togethers, meetups, rendezvous, encounters, engagements, interactions, interfaces, exchanges, dialogues, talks, discourses, debates, colloquies [x]

managed, directed, overseen, controlled, governed, supervised, executed, handled, operated, conducted, regulated, dispensed, implemented, administered, carried out, performed [x]

admit, confess, acknowledge, concede, fess up, come clean, accept responsibility, take responsibility, own, recognize, disclose, reveal, avow, declare, profess, grant, allow, affirm, avouch, come forward, make known, let on, let slip, spill the beans, come out with, blurt out, let out, divulge, make a clean breast of, come to terms with, face up to, take the blame, take the fall, bear the blame, bear the responsibility, shoulder the blame, shoulder the responsibility, take ownership, be accountable, be responsible, come to grips with, make amends, make restitution, set the record straight, clear the air, put cards on the table, come to light [x]

ally with, partner with, collaborate with, join forces with, team up with, unite with, cooperate with, associate with, work together with, combine with, merge with, band together with, form an alliance with, link up with, pool resources with, come together with, conjoin with, federate with, league with, confederate with, amalgamate with, integrate with, fuse with, coalesce with, consociate with, affiliate with, join with, align with, coordinate with, synchronize with, harmonize with, conspire with, collude with, consort with, fraternize with, network with, synergize with, connect with, tie up with, hook up with, join in partnership with, enter into partnership with, form a coalition with, form a partnership with, form a union with, form a league with, form a confederation with, form a federation with, form a consortium with [x]

tenure, incumbency, office, term [x]

reduce tensions, ease tensions, calm tensions, alleviate tensions, mitigate tensions, defuse tensions, lessen tensions, diminish tensions, lower tensions, soothe tensions, pacify tensions, relieve tensions, moderate tensions, temper tensions, abate tensions, quiet tensions placate tensions, mollify tensions, soften tensions, cool tensions, subdue tensions, tranquilize tensions, appease tensions, allay tensions, assuage tensions, quell tensions, suppress tensions, restrain tensions, dampen tensions, neutralize tensions, tone down tensions, smooth over tensions, relax tensions, ease the strain, reduce the strain, calm the strain, alleviate the strain, mitigate the strain, defuse the strain, lessen the strain, diminish the strain, lower the strain, soothe the strain, pacify the strain, relieve the strain, moderate the strain, temper the strain, abate the strain [x]

working, active, on the job, engaged, in service, operational, functioning, on call, available, present, on shift, at work, in action, on task, in operation, on deck, on hand, on site, in duty, in employment, on assignment, on station, in position, on watch, on guard, on patrol, on post, in commission, in harness, in office, in post, in situ, in place, in attendance, on the clock, on the beat, on the go, on the move, on the scene, on the spot, on the ground, on the front line, on the front, on the line, on the job site, on the premises, on the location, on the duty [x]

assume, adopt, undertake, embrace, accept, fill, occupy, step into, engage in, perform, carry out, handle, shoulder, take up, assume responsibility for, take charge of, take over, become, act as, serve as, function as, play, fill the position of, fill the role of, stand in for, substitute for, cover for, deputize for, represent, be, embody, personify, portray, enact, play the part of, play the role of, double for, fill in for, pinch-hit for, relieve, succeed, supersede, take the place of, take the reins of, take on the duties of, take on the responsibilities of, take on the tasks of, take on the work of [x]

take on a role, adopt a role, play a role, fill a role, step into a role, undertake a role, embrace a role, accept a role, perform a role, occupy a role, assume a position, take on a position, adopt a position, fill a position, step into a position, undertake a position, embrace a position, accept a position, perform a position, occupy a position, assume a duty, take on a duty, adopt a duty, fill a duty, step into a duty, undertake a duty, embrace a duty, accept a duty, perform a duty, occupy a duty, assume a responsibility, take on a responsibility, adopt a responsibility, fill a responsibility, step into a responsibility, undertake a responsibility, embrace a responsibility, accept a responsibility, perform a responsibility, occupy a responsibility, assume a function, take on a function, adopt a function, fill a function, step into a function, undertake a function, embrace a function, accept a function, perform a function, occupy a function [x]

obstructing, delaying, stalling, hind, blocking, stonewalling, procrastinating, postponing, dragging out, prolonging, extending, holding up, impeding, thwarting, retarding, forestalling, hampering, deterring, preventing, frustrating, bogging down, slowing down, interfering, checking, countering, resisting, opposing, contesting, challenging, disputing, arguing, debating, wrangling, quibbling, nitpicking, caviling, hair-splitting, temporizing, temporising, dawdling, lingering, loitering, tarrying, hesitating, vacillating, wavering, shilly-shallying, dallying, foot-dragging, time-wasting [x]

fiscal conservatism, economic liberalism, free-market conservatism, laissez-faire conservatism, market-oriented conservatism, supply-side conservatism, monetarist conservatism, neoliberal conservatism, budgetary conservatism, financial conservatism, capitalist conservatism, pro-business conservatism, anti-regulation conservatism, small-government conservatism, limited-government conservatism, austerity conservatism, deficit hawkism, tax-cutting conservatism, privatization conservatism, deregulation conservatism, pro-market conservatism, economic libertarianism, classical liberalism, market fundamentalism, economic individualism, economic minimalism, economic orthodoxy, economic prudence, economic restraint, economic traditionalism, fiscal responsibility, fiscal restraint, fiscal orthodoxy, fiscal prudence, fiscal traditionalism, budgetary restraint, budgetary prudence, budgetary orthodoxy, budgetary responsibility, budgetary traditionalism, financial restraint, financial prudence, financial orthodoxy, financial responsibility, financial traditionalism, pro-capitalism, anti-welfare statism, anti-socialism, anti-collectivism [x]

rebels, dissenters, nonconformists, protesters, objectors, revolutionaries, insurgents, mavericks, heretics, iconoclasts, radicals, subversives, separatists, mutineers, defectors, renegades, contrarians, freethinkers, oppositionists, resisters, revolutionists, recusants, schismatics, secessionists, apostates, nonconformers, disrupters, antagonists, adversaries, critics, challengers, opponents, naysayers, malcontents, insurrectionists [x]

form-an-alliance, create-a-partnership, establish-a-coalition, build-a-coalition, initiate-a-coalition, start-a-coalition, organize-a-coalition, set-up-a-coalition, launch-a-coalition, assemble-a-coalition [x]