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

An operations lead is also an automation overseer and analytics user. — Kevin Chan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Additionally, Puck insiders shared that Yellowstone mastermind and overseer Taylor Sheridan wasn't happy with Feehan's work on season 1. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026

The point is that these models demonstrated the ability to deceive their overseers in order to pursue hidden goals. — Robert Wright, Fortune, 24 June 2026

More to Explore In one case, after a man was fired from a famine road, a crew of his buddies broke into the overseer’s house and left a note threatening grave retribution if his job was not restored. — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2026

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