admin en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈædˌmɪn/
- /ˈəɖ.mɪn/ (South-Asia)
- ədmĭnʹ
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ədˈmɪn/
- ădʹmĭn'
Etymology
Clipping of administrator or administration.
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) Administration, or administrative work.
There's a lot of admin involved in the birth of a child.
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(countable, informal) An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government).
“I had word from The Trump admin that theyre^([sic]) on top of things,” Mr. Tate wrote to someone close to him, in a message reviewed by The New York Times.
2025 December 10, Megan Twohey, Isabella Kwai, quoting Andrew Tate, “How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) tweeted after the announcement, “I will not stop fighting to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and stop the Trump admin’s plan for drilling.”
2020 August 17, Juliet Eilperin, “Trump finalizes drilling plan for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge”, in The Washington Post:
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(informal, uncountable) The administrative or managerial body of a company or other organization.
Barren dirt plots behind knee-high metal fences indicated admin must have cut the flower budget.
2020, “Zoo”, in Still at the Rough Cusp of Renaissance, performed by Good Fuck:
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(countable, informal) An administrator (one who administers affairs).
Georgia’s election administrators are fighting bizarre conspiracy theories, ballooning costs and coronavirus-related staffing problems as they prepare for the state’s contentious, nationally watched Senate runoffs next week.
2020 December 28, Zach Montellaro, “Georgia election admins battle Covid and conspiracies ahead of Senate runoffs”, in Politico:
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(countable, informal) A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network).
Our admin has upgraded the server in our office, so we can exchange files faster.
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(Internet, countable, informal) A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users.
The admin changed the forum settings to enable the use of emoticons.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| admins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
life admin · adminese · adminspeak · wedmin · adminship · adminhood · modmin · badmin · admin vortex · superadmin · sadmin · admin night · admin party · admin abuse
Synonyms
Translations (20)
ms min (user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges) · ko 어드민 (user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges) · hy ադմին (user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges) · fi ylläpitäjä (systems administrator) · ru сисадми́н (systems administrator) · ko 어드민 (systems administrator) · fa ادمین (user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges) · pt admin (user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges) · pt admin (systems administrator) · de Papierkram (informal: administrative work) · ko 관리자 (systems administrator) · es trámites (informal: administrative work) · de Formalitäten (informal: administrative work) · fa ادمین (systems administrator) · hy կայքավար (user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges) · ali noroozi (systems administrator) · ko 운영자 (systems administrator) · fi ylläpitäjä (user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges) · pl admin (systems administrator) · es papeleo (informal: administrative work)