Supervisor

Noun

 * 1)  A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group.

Thesaurus
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, warden

Alternative forms

 * supervisour

Etymology
Attested since the 15th Century ; from ', from '.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: επόπτης
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 主管
 * Kurdish: چاودێر
 * Mandarin: 监督员
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,

Anagrams

 * proviruses

Noun
 supervisor  (plural: supervisores ); (syllabication su.per.vi.sor)


 * : supervisor

Synonyms

 * gerente
 * administrador
 * capataz
 * chefe
 * controlador
 * feitor
 * organizador
 * superintendente

Noun

 * 1) supervisor

Related terms

 * supervisar
 * supervisión