Synonyms for inspector
Most common
superintendent supervisor overseer detective examiner inspecter
All synonyms
Noun
1. Overseer
Definitions
- n. 1
A person employed to inspect something.
Related words
- Word family
- inspect inspection
- Phrases
- ticket inspector
Forms
- Plural
- inspectors → overseers, superintendents, supervisors, examiners…
Example sentences
- superintendent You must be referring to superintendent Yazid.
- supervisor His supervisor gave him a sterling recommendation.
- overseer The slave doesn't want to be free. He wants to become an overseer.
- detective The detective took down his testimony on the spot.
- examiner The applicant impressed the examiner favorably.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inspector | falling | |
| superintendent | falling | |
| supervisor | falling | |
| overseer | steady | |
| detective | rising | |
| examiner | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- visitor3
- 8 letters
- examiner4, overseer4
- 9 letters
- detective3, inspecter
- 10 letters
- supervisor4
- 14 letters
- superintendent5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (visitor3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inspecteur
- Italiano
- ispettore
- Español
- inspector
- Deutsch
- Inspektor