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supervise |
supervised |
supervising |
supervision |
supervisive |
supervisor
| supervisor call instruction
| supervisory
| supervisory program
| supervisory routine
| supervisory software
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun supervisor has 2 senses
- supervisor(n = noun.person) Array - one who supervises or has charge and direction of; Array has particulars: bell captain, counsellor, counselor, den mother, director, theater director, theatre director, boss, chief, foreman, gaffer, honcho, forewoman, overseer, superintendent, oyabun, monitor, proctor, director of research, research director, stage manager, stager, system administrator, taskmaster, trail boss
- supervisor(n = noun.communication) executive program, supervisory program - a program that controls the execution of other programs; Array is a part of operating system, os
is a kind of higher-up, superior, superordinate
Derived forms verb supervise2, verb supervise1
is a kind of computer program, computer programme, program, programme
has parts: executive routine, supervisory routine
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supervisor, n.
- One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools. [1913 Webster]
- A spectator; a looker-on. Shak. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
supervisor
Big Brother, administrator, alderman, archon, auditor, bailie, boatswain, boss, burghermaster, burgomaster, cabinet member, cabinet minister, chancellor, chief, city councilman, city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, comptroller, controller, councillor, councilman, councilwoman, county commissioner, county supervisor, director, elder, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, foreman, gaffer, ganger, governor, head, headman, induna, inspector, legislator, lord mayor, magistrate, maire, manager, mayor, minister, minister of state, monitor, noncommissioned officer, overman, overseer, portreeve, proctor, reeve, secretary, secretary of state, selectman, sirdar, slave driver, straw boss, subforeman, super, superintendent, superior, surveyor, syndic, taskmaster, undersecretary, visitor, wardenROGET THESAURUS
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Director
N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.
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