OVERSEEING Synonyms: 156 Similar and Opposite Words

overseeing 1 of 2

adjective

as in controlling

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

overseeing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of oversee

as in supervising

to look after and make decisions about will oversee the new manufacturing division

Synonyms & Similar Words

as in handling

to be in charge of looking for someone to oversee the project from start to finish

Synonyms & Similar Words

as in watching

to take charge of especially on behalf of another oversee the household until Dad gets home

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in reviewing

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) her job was to oversee each and every dish before it left the kitchen and was served to a customer

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of overseeing

Verb

Judge Heather Beato, appointed by DeSantis to the 10th Judicial Circuit in 2020, is overseeing the case, a court docket shows. — Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 Instead, the board should function as a concert of great powers, both democratic and autocratic, tasked with managing crises and overseeing and building consensus on matters of global governance. — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026 Weiss replaced Claire Day, a longtime veteran of the network, with Shayndi Rice, a former Wall Street Journal editor, overseeing all of the network’s international operations. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 The National Capital Planning Commission, a federal panel that reviews major construction projects, posted new renderings and accompanying documents provided by the Interior Department, which is overseeing the controversial project. — Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026 The companies are regulated on the federal level by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, which has historically focused on overseeing soybean futures and oil derivatives. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 The palace, which Cleopatra may have once used, could have later served as administrative offices, possibly overseeing operations at the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Morris said. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Voters pointed to her role as the top appropriator in Congress, overseeing the key funding mechanisms that Mainers say gives them a crucial voice in Washington. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 Jain is overseeing a unit that includes the likes of Rivals, Extraordinary and Stephen Graham’s A Thousand Blows, three huge shows that helped score Disney+ a record 15 BAFTA TV Award nods in March. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overseeing

Adjective

Other light-responsive materials that hide and reveal colours illustrate how controlling visibility could have uses beyond body art.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Rivian, still a major non-controlling shareholder, factors into that roadmap too, since its growing fleet of on-road vehicles generates the driving data Also will eventually need to train its own autonomy systems.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of controlling

Verb

For ShadowMachine, Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico serve as executive producers, and Musa Brooker serves as supervising director.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
The surge in profits has been driven by robust trading in stocks, bonds and currencies, fees from supervising and advising clients’ investments, underwriting initial public offerings and a pickup in mergers and acquisitions.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervising

Verb

Employee did not wash hands after handling raw food and changing gloves, before handling ready to eat foods.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
About one-quarter of AAPI adults approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president overall.

— Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of handling

Verb

This album was his 3-1 comeback after watching his career nearly flatline.

— Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
Sitting at 2-3 and watching their defense get pushed around on a weekly basis, the entire unit gathered behind closed doors on Monday morning to air out their issues.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of watching

Verb

The California Attorney General’s Office, in a statement, said it was disappointed by the decision and reviewing the opinion from the judges.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
For example, researchers reviewing 1,138 breach cases found that almost 10% of patient health data breaches come from unauthorized access by health care employees who forward personally identifying information to personal accounts.

— Alex Rosenblat — CalMatters, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of reviewing

Adjective

Larry Berg, the co-managing owner of LAFC, was chosen Monday to become the third commissioner in MLS history when Don Garber retires in December.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
But the data suggests most women aren’t choosing—they’re managing.

— Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of managing

Verb

As a major bloc that has been able to apply pressure, the union has thwarted several efforts by Mamdani’s predecessors to ban the attraction, as hundreds of carriage operators make a living operating the buggies.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
Industry participants observed a live demonstration of LGMG’s electric mining trucks operating alongside intelligent fleet dispatch, solar generation, energy storage, and ultra-fast charging infrastructure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of operating

Browse Nearby Words

overseeds

overseeing

overseen

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Overseeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseeing. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of overseeing

adjective

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

jilt

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

Popular in Wordplay

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes