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 mortgage wholesaler sent a letter dated July 16 to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, urging the agency to modify or postpone the changes.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
The Minnesota Department of Health oversees the assisted living facility.

— Conor Wight, CBS News, 1 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 Justice Department office that handles immigration courts said in a statement that judges were adjusting their schedules to resolve cases more quickly, while making sure all cases get handled fairly and lawfully.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Super Cruise pretty much handles all highway driving, including executing lane changes.

— Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 31 July 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

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Led by Guido Pagano, PhD, a physics and astronomy professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the research team developed a two-knob control system that independently regulates heating and cooling.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Herzog said clock changes disrupt circadian rhythms, the body's internal clock that regulates sleep and other biological functions.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Definition of regulates

Verb

In a memorandum filed July 30, obtained by WSAV in Savannah, Georgia, and reviewed by Fox News Digital, Murdaugh's attorneys asked a judge to release the reserve DNA samples to Othram before SLED conducts any further testing.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Detroit officials say those concerns aren't backed by evidence and don't reflect how the city conducts its elections.

— Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 30 July 2026

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