Synonyms of oversight

oversight

noun

1

as in supervision

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

oversight of the club's fund-raising activities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supervision
• management
• administration
• handling
• control
• operation
• stewardship
• government
• governance
• direction
• regulation
• leadership
• guidance
• conduct
• presidency
• superintendence
• charge
• care
• running
• superintendency
• intendance
• agency
• custody
• protection
• logistics
• manipulation
• engineering
• guardianship
• safekeeping
• trust
• rulership
• generalship
• tutelage
• keeping
• ward
• aegis
• lap
• machination
• comanagement
• codirection
• coadministration
• egis

2

as in mistake

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

claiming "three billion" instead of "three million" was just an oversight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistake
• error
• blunder
• inaccuracy
• screwup
• misstep
• flub
• lapse
• miscue
• slipup
• goof
• fumble
• fault
• trip
• gaffe
• stumble
• brick
• bobble
• gaff
• boob
• boo-boo
• clanger
• snafu
• slip
• misunderstanding
• fluff
• clinker
• misjudgment
• misinterpretation
• miscalculation
• misstatement
• misconstruction
• foul-up
• misimpression
• misreading
• pratfall
• misconception
• howler
• blooper
• misapprehension
• miscomprehension
• misdescription
• boner
• bloomer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accuracy
• precision
• strictness
• exactness
• correctness
• preciseness
• exactitude
• infallibility
• perfection
• inerrancy

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• accuracy
• precision
• strictness
• exactness
• correctness
• preciseness
• exactitude
• infallibility
• perfection
• inerrancy

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3

as in stewardship

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 & Similar Words

• supervision
• stewardship
• management
• regulation
• leadership
• control
• policing
• surveillance
• care
• charge
• guidance
• superintendence
• administration
• government
• monitoring
• superintendency
• direction
• observation
• headship
• observing
• steering
• observance
• protection
• running
• shepherding
• auspices
• rule
• guardianship
• generalship
• piloting
• trusteeship
• reign
• hand(s)
• tutelage
• aegis
• egis

4

as in negligence

the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action

failing to lock the car can be an expensive oversight if it gets stolen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• negligence
• neglect
• failure
• nonfeasance
• default
• carelessness
• delinquency
• laxity
• dereliction
• inadvertence
• inadvertency
• misprision
• heedlessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compliance
• discharge
• fulfillment
• fulfilment

• compliance
• discharge
• fulfillment
• fulfilment