SUPERINTENDING Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

superintending

verb

present participle of superintend

as in supervising

to be in charge of superintends the construction of all scenery at the summer theater

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as in overseeing

to look after and make decisions about homeschooling parents who superintend their children's education

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as in watching

to take charge of especially on behalf of another whoever's superintending the warehouse will know what's been delivered today

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Verb

In the Texas case, Autenrieth was hired by 3M just weeks before the trial began in a lawsuit over whether 3M should be held accountable for its role in supervising safety checks at the warehouse in Houston.

— Alyssa Spady, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
The film is produced by Ann Mukherjee for Sita22 Films, with Jitin Hingorani as co-producer and creative producer, Dhanraj Sawant as executive producer and Priyangi Borthakur as supervising producer.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of supervising

Verb

Jordan’s selection committee is made up of half a dozen film professionals and experts, with the Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC) overseeing the process but not involved in the choice.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
The lions were discovered Friday in the Ndutu part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, according to the conservation group overseeing the site.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of overseeing

Verb

Ask to eat a meal at the chef’s counter; watching the young kitchen team work is its own show.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026
In the demo, Meta showed people wearing the glasses while watching an NBA game and multitasking between applications.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of watching

Verb

Boston was handling additional traffic as flights were diverted from airports affected by the Philadelphia outage.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Beauty and precision on your wrist by this masterful Swiss maker, who spent years handling the most complicated, precious pieces at Patek Philippe—the OG along with Voutilainen, Dufour, and Smith.

— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of handling

Verb

Damman noted that even five minutes of getting the heart rate up after a meal is enough to blunt the post-meal spike, which points to real potential for people managing insulin resistance or a family history of type 2 diabetes.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
At that bar’s successor, Attaboy, Queen Mary managing partner Dan Smith sampled a take with Concord grapes.

— Amy Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of managing

Verb

What consumers pay will depend partly on the cost of keeping older plants running compared with building and operating new ones.

— Akshaya Jha, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
The agreement bucks the utility’s typical process of building, operating and sometimes improving power plants and other infrastructure, such as transmission lines, and then collecting that money from customers in their monthly electricity bills.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of operating

Verb

Sleep serves essential functions throughout the body, including regulating immune and metabolic processes and supporting many aspects of brain function.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Leo also appealed to AI developers and political leaders responsible for regulating them to slow down, an appeal that several top AI companies seem to have taken to heart in recently.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of regulating

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