Synonyms for supervision
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or instance of supervising.
Under his parents' supervision he drilled the holes in the wood.
Related words
- Word family
- supervise
Forms
- Plural
- supervisions → oversights, superintendences, administrations, surveillances…
Example sentences
- surveillance Sami's crime was captured on surveillance cameras.
- oversight Tom said that the mistake was due to an oversight.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| supervision | falling | |
| surveillance | rising | |
| oversight | rising | |
| superintendence | falling | |
| superintendency | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- oversight3
- 12 letters
- surveillance3
- 14 letters
- administration5
- 15 letters
- superintendence, superintendency
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (oversight3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- supervision