overseeing

ADJECTIVE

governing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administrative dominant guiding ruling

STRONG

absolute ascendant conducting controlling determining directing dominating executive mastering ordering restraining superintending

WEAK

authoritative gubernatorial influential magisterial presidential regulatory supervisory supreme

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inferior subordinate

WEAK

powerless tributary

ADJECTIVE

managing

Synonyms

STRONG

administering admonishing advising controlling executing governing guiding handling husbanding inspecting leading operating organizing piloting regulating steering superintending supervising

Antonyms

STRONG

subordinate

NOUN

administration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agency authority control government legislation organization policy rule

STRONG

application charge command conduct conducting direction dispensation disposition distribution enforcement execution governing guidance handling jurisdiction order oversight performance power provision regulation running strategy superintendence supervision surveillance

WEAK

administering directing

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization disregard failure ignorance inefficiency lawlessness mismanagement neglect

Example Sentences

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He served as director general of the French Treasury between 2020 and 2024, overseeing economic policy and public debt.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

His standing among Arsenal fans have soared since his arrival, especially after overseeing a transfer window that turned the team from nearly-men into champions.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Bank supervision, which emerged in the Civil War and took its current form out of the Great Depression, offers the best framework for overseeing the most advanced AI labs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

But they are voluntary, and their success depends heavily on the political actors overseeing them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

They could have attached it to some migratory bird, and Dr. Cable would be on her way to South America instead of in the library overseeing the destruction of the Smoke.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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