Synonyms for supervise
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Verb
1. Oversee
oversee, superintend, manage, conduct, control, govern, direct, administer, regulate, overlook dated
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Definitions
- v. 1
To oversee or direct (a task or organization).
Without someone to supervise them, the group will lack direction.
Related words
- Word family
- supervision supervisor
Forms
- Past participle
- supervised
e.g. supervised → overseen, superintended, managed, conducted…
Example sentences
- manage Tom took a class to learn how to manage his anger.
- conduct Everyone of us is responsible for his own conduct.
- oversee Maternity nurses, midwives and doctors oversee the birth.
- monitor The old monitor lead a second life as a fish tank.
- instrument What was the first instrument you learned to play?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| supervise | falling | |
| manage | rising | |
| conduct | steady | |
| oversee | rising | |
| superintend | falling | |
| monitor | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- direct2, manage2, govern2
- 7 letters
- control2, conduct2, monitor3, oversee3
- 8 letters
- regulate3, overlook3
- 10 letters
- instrument3, administer4
- 11 letters
- superintend
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (direct2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- superviser
- Italiano
- monitorare