Synonyms and Antonyms of oversight
1
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
- oversight of the club's fund-raising activities
administration, care, charge, conduct, control, direction, governance, government, guidance, handling, intendance, management, operation, presidency, regulation, running, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervision
generalship, leadership, rulership
agency
aegis (also egis), custody, guardianship, keeping, lap, protection, safekeeping, trust, tutelage, ward
engineering, logistics, machination, manipulation
coadministration, codirection, comanagement
2
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
- claiming "three billion" instead of "three million" was just an oversight
blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob [British], brick, clanger [British], clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip
bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall
foul-up, snafu
misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding
3
the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control
- you'll have oversight of the troop until the scoutmaster returns
monitoring, observance, observation, observing, policing
administration, control, direction, generalship, hand(s), management, running
leadership, piloting, shepherding, steering
government, reign, rule
aegis (also egis), auspices, guardianship, protection, trusteeship, tutelage
4
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
- failing to lock the car can be an expensive oversight if it gets stolen
