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

Klopp still has a job in the game, as overseer of the Red Bull Group, which seems to consist of giving advice here and there, watching games, assessing potential signings and then persuading those signings to, erm, sign. —Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

The film opens in an immigration detention camp, as a band of left-wing political militants known as the French 75 infiltrate the facility to liberate the detained, and detain the military overseers. —Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025

The film opens in an immigration detention camp, as a band of left-wing political militants known as the French 75 infiltrate the facility to liberate the detained, and detain the military overseers. —Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025

So your overseer guardrail wouldn't be able to peer into the reasoning process of such a model. —Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 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