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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The statement accuses Rwandan government officials and soldiers of overseeing the system.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

Pearsall was overseeing the management and operations of state parks in the Orange Coast District, including those in Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

He dealt with long-term logistics, such as selecting a memory-care facility and overseeing that transition.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

State regulators are responsible for overseeing raw milk sold legally within their borders.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

I go with my parents up to the north, near Sault Ste. Marie, where my father is overseeing an experimental colony of tent caterpillars in screened-in cages.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

overseeing

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