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

Inside the house, the head servant and seamstress sabotaged him to advance her own child; in the fields, overseers beat him for the slightest offense. —Regina E. Mason, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026

McVay described Kingsbury as an overseer of everything the Rams will do offensively. —Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026

Trump’s figure doesn’t conform to findings by retirement professionals such as the 401(k) overseers at Bank of America. —Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026

The board dissolved soon after, and Altman changed the corporate structure last year to free itself of its nonprofit overseer. —David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 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