Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 21 compound words that contain minister. The most common are listed below. Open minister in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- prime ministerThe chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party.
- foreign ministerThe cabinet official in charge of relationships with foreign nations.
- minister of justice
- minister of state
- chief ministerThe leader of government in many semi-autonomous and constituent federal states.
- interior ministerA minister typically in charge of administering policing, security and immigration.
- first ministerThe principal minister of a ruler or state.
- cabinet ministerA member of the executive branch of a government who has been appointed to the cabinet, the group of leading policy makers, advisers, and overseers of governmental departments who report to the prime minister.
- Finance Minister
- minister-presidentThe head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments, in which a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government prevails, who presides over the council of ministers.
- minister without portfolioA member of a government having the rank of cabinet minister, but not assigned to oversee a particular government department or other permanent area of responsibility.
- junior ministera member of a legislative body who holds a position in government below cabinet level, i.e. reporting to the head of a department, not the prime minister or head of government
- shadow ministerIn British and some Commonwealth parliaments, a member of an opposition party, with responsibility for a particular portfolio.
- government minister
- Home MinisterThe head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India.
- crime ministerA prime minister or other government official, particularly a corrupt or ineffective one.
- ex-ministerFormer minister.
- resident ministerSynonym of resident (“diplomatic representative residing in a foreign country”).
- deputy first ministerThe leader of the second largest group in the Northern Ireland Assembly and joint-leader of the Northern Ireland Executive, with the same powers as the first minister.
- e-ministerA minister responsible for e-government policy.
- stickit ministerA candidate for the clerical office who fails, disqualified by incompetency or immorality.
Compound words 21
- ministryGovernment department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
- ministerialRelated to a religious minister or ministry.
- ministrationThe act of ministering; an instance of providing aid, care, or assistance.
- ministerlikeAppropriate for or characteristic of a minister.
- unministerlikeNot appropriate for or characteristic of a minister.
- subministerto supply; to administer
- superministerA minister whose talents or responsibilities go beyond those of an ordinary minister.
- ministererAgent noun of minister.
- ministerlessWithout a minister.
- ministerlyBefitting a minister.