overseer

noun

over·​seer ˈō-vər-ˌsir 

ˈō-və-,

-ˌsē-ər;

ˌō-vər-ˈsir,

ˌō-və-,

-ˈsē-ər

plural overseers

: a person who oversees others : a person with supervisory responsibilities

Her insider status was cemented in 1988 with a stint as … overseer of the party's nominating convention.

—Gwen Ifill

… suggests that in Upper Egypt the control of local affairs by the pharaoh's overseer was gradually diluted during the late Old Kingdom …

—Robert J. Wenke

Some pension funds proactively keep government overseers up to date so that they will not feel a need to be intrusive.

—Simon C. Y. Wong

Examples of overseer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sometime late Monday or early Tuesday, the Trump portrait by Colorado Springs artist Sarah Boardman was removed and put in storage with History Colorado, overseer of a state museum in Denver. —Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025

Old states break up, new ones form, independence from historical overseers is sought. —Nick Miller, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025

The arrangement arrives at a particularly poignant moment: Voletta Wallace, Biggie’s mother and notoriously protective overseer of his legacy and estate, died last month at 78. —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025

Lessin considered running for overseer again but gave up the idea. —Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for overseer

• mynheer
• seignior
• signior
• bilinear
• collinear
• nonlinear
• nonnuclear
• curvilinear
• interlinear
• rectilinear
• dier
• freer

Kids Definition

overseer

noun

over·​seer ˈō-və(r)-ˌsi(ə)r 

-ˌsē-ər;

ˌō-və(r)-ˈsi(ə)r,

-ˈsē-ər

: one that oversees : superintendent