Antonyms for supervision
-ˈvɪʒ ənsu·per·vi·sion

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1. supervision

   A person may look over a matter in order to survey it carefully in its entirety, or he may look over it with no attention to the thing itself because his gaze and thought are concentrated on something beyond; oversight has thus two contrasted senses, in the latter sense denoting inadvertent error or omission, and in the former denoting watchful supervision, commonly implying constant personal presence; superintendence requires only so much of presence or communication as to know that the superintendent's wishes are carried out; the superintendent of a railroad will personally oversee very few of its operations; the railroad company has supreme direction of all its affairs without superintendence or oversight. Control is used chiefly with reference to restraint or the power of restraint; a good horseman has a restless horse under perfect control; there is no high character without self-control. Surveillance is an invidious term signifying watching with something of suspicion. Compare CARE; NEGLECT.

   Synonyms:
   care, charge, command, control, direction, inspection, management, oversight, superintendence, surveillance, watch, watchfulness

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversightnoun

   management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

   Synonyms:
   superintendence, supervising, oversight, lapse, inadvertence

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inadvertence

   lack of attention to smth

   Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019  

How to use supervision in a sentence?

1. Cao Liping:

   The environmental supervision should be adjusted in accordance with practical needs and social economic situation, the purpose of environmental supervision is never about shutting firms and curbing production, but about encouraging firms to actively meet the environmental standards.

2. Steven Maijoor:

   Here, I believe that public authorities are needed to provide the strong registration and supervision required to prevent greenwashing.

3. Education Superintendent Jon Fernandez:

   Offices being centrally located on campus will help with supervision of the school.

4. Liu Bingjiang:

   This is a dereliction of supervision duty and it should be resolutely resisted.

5. Yasmin Fahimi:

   The chancellery's supervision of the BND was a total failure, it's responsible to make sure the intelligence agency behaves.

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