Synonyms for supervisor
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Noun
1. Manager — A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and…
manager, superintendent, overseer, boss, inspector, executive, administrator, comptroller, organizer, organiser UK, controller, foreman
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Definitions
- n. 1
A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
Near-synonyms: superintendent, manager, boss, executive, overseer
Related words
- Word family
- supervise supervision supercargo
Forms
- Plural
- supervisors → managers, superintendents, overseers, bosses…
Example sentences
- manager The manager sat on the bench with his arms folded.
- boss Between you and me, he's in trouble with the boss.
- superintendent You must be referring to superintendent Yazid.
- overseer The slave doesn't want to be free. He wants to become an overseer.
- captain The captain breathed new life into his tired crew.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| supervisor | falling | |
| manager | steady | |
| boss | rising | |
| superintendent | falling | |
| overseer | steady | |
| captain | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- boss1
- 7 letters
- manager3, captain2, foreman2
- 8 letters
- overseer4
- 9 letters
- executive4, inspector3, organizer4, organiser
- 10 letters
- controller3
- 11 letters
- comptroller3
- 13 letters
- administrator5
- 14 letters
- superintendent5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (manager3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- superviseuse
- Deutsch
- Supervisorin