Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

supervisor

[soo-per-vahy-zer] / ˈsu pərˌvaɪ zər /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

"You cannot put a supervisor behind every student."

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

"In summer, we are desperately short of staff," explained shift supervisor Giorgos Stamoulakatos.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

Task force leadership, the supposed authors of predetermined outcomes, agreed, and a supervisor told the team it “had done a good job convincing the front office that they should move on from Brown.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

She was sent home three weeks in after a supervisor observed her deteriorating physical condition, according to the suit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

So they contacted the supervisor of elections, Daniel Warner.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Banks were encouraged to hoard these reserves both by black-letter liquidity regulations and by strenuous winking and nodding by their supervisors at the Fed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The supervisors who authored the motion, Paloma Aguirre and Terra Lawson-Remer, say that lengthy waits at the border are the responsibility of the federal government.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The other five are selected by the county supervisors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Scurries unveiled the melody ahead of a critical board of supervisors vote that could pave the way for Rucci’s data center.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

It put her on equal footing with the other female supervisors and—theoretically, at least—with men of the same rating, and it afforded her a degree of center-wide visibility.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




Vocabulary lists containing supervisor


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training