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oversight

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of oversight

1 the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something

  • oversight of the clubʼs fund-raising activities
Synonyms of oversight

administration, care, charge, conduct, control, direction, governance, government, guidance, handling, intendance, management, operation, presidency, regulation, running, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervision
Words Related to oversight

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
Synonyms of 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
Words Related to oversight

bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall

foul-up, snafu

misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding
Near Antonyms of oversight

accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness

inerrancy, infallibility, perfection

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
Synonyms of oversight

care, charge, guidance, headship, regulation, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervision, surveillance
Words Related to oversight

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
Synonyms of oversight

default, delinquency, dereliction, failure, misprision, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance
Words Related to oversight

carelessness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency, laxity
Near Antonyms of oversight

compliance, discharge, fulfillment (or fulfilment)

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