SUPERINTENDS Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

superintends

verb

present tense third-person singular of superintend

as in supervises

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

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as in oversees

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

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as in watches

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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The State Board of Education supervises public K–12 education across the state, overseeing educational interests in Kansas.

— Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
David Smith, who supervises the district’s aedes crew, said his team has received an increasing number of service requests for day-biting mosquitoes within the neighborhood.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of supervises

Verb

The divers reported the discovery to the Sicilian Region’s Superintendency of the Sea, a public body that oversees the identification and management of marine archeological sites off the island's coastal waters.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Bloomfield oversees the resort’s culinary activities too, like a fireside supper for two and a special picnic basket to take on a scenic hike.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of oversees

Verb

Rhaenyra and Rhaena flee on Syrax as Rhaena watches in horror as the other dragons bite and claw at her own.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The talk is grave, the editing unhurried; the camera holds multiple characters in the frame and watches them from a sedate remove.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026

Definition of watches

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The tablet is built to enter the AI era with a MediaTek Dimensity 6300 processor that handles everything from everyday tasks to light gaming when you're done with them.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
This is what gives the film its experiential sincerity — the lived perspective of its Ukrainian crew leaving a nonfictional trace across every level of the fiction, something Stever handles with unusual reverence.

— Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of handles

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Much of cross-border e-commerce operates under a Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU) model, where the consumer—not the merchant—is the importer of record.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
Head Start, which operates in all 50 states, has long enjoyed robust bipartisan support.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of operates

Verb

Even if Wall Street manages to put the merger to one side, the spotlight on the two separate businesses may not be especially flattering for either of them this quarter.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
Although much of it feels like a coda to Endgame, Far From Home manages to chart out some fascinating future possibilities for the MCU.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of manages

Verb

The crematory agreed to shut down its operations amid a probe by the Illinois State Comptroller's office, which regulates the cremation industry.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Utah has been on the front lines of a battle between states and the federal government over who regulates the markets and whether they should be considered finance or gambling.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of regulates

Verb

The company conducts saliva testing for professional sports teams, providing analysis on dozens of biomarkers that touch immunology, inflammation, sleep, hydration, psychological stress and more.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The bureau conducts its own investigation each time an agent fires a weapon.

— Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

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