Synonyms of superintendent

superintendent

noun

ˌsü-p(ə-)rin-ˈten-dənt 

as in manager

a person who manages or directs something

the office of the superintendent of parks issues camping permits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manager
• administrator
• executive
• director
• supervisor
• administrant
• commissioner
• president
• exec
• officer
• archon
• leader
• official
• chief
• boss
• minister
• comanager
• codirector
• middle manager
• head
• co-organizer
• boardman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of superintendent

The superintendent also serves as a voting member of governing boards of the state's transitional kindergarten through higher education systems. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Democrats are trying to capture a slate of other statewide offices, from lieutenant governor to schools superintendent, and win control of the utility-regulating Public Service Commission. — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Williams had been the district’s deputy superintendent of operations before taking her current post. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Eiler was alerted to the discovery by a cultural affairs specialist with the Tohono O’odham Nation, a larger tribe whose reservation is east of Organ Pipe, and later by the Organ Pipe superintendent’s office. — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026