Synonyms for oversight
ˈoʊ vərˌsaɪtover·sight

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1. oversight

   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, superintendence, supervision, surveillance, watch, watchfulness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. oversight

   Synonyms:
   error, omission, mistake, neglect, slip, inadvertence, inspection, superintendence

   Antonyms:
   scrutiny, correction, emendation, attention, mark, notice

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. oversight, inadvertencenoun

   an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

   Synonyms:
   supervision, unmindfulness, superintendence, supervising, inadvertence, inadvertency, heedlessness, lapse

2. supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversightnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   supervision, superintendence, supervising, lapse, inadvertence

3. oversight, lapsenoun

   a mistake resulting from inattention

   Synonyms:
   supervision, reverting, superintendence, relapse, supervising, reversion, inadvertence, relapsing, lapsing, lapse, backsliding

Matched Categories

1. • Management
   • Mistake
   • Omission

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. oversightnoun

   Synonyms:
   superintendence, control, direction, management, supervision, inspection, charge, care, SURVEILLANCE

2. oversightnoun

   Synonyms:
   error, blunder, mistake, slip, trip, lapse, miss, inadvertency

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1. oversightnoun

   Synonyms:
   superintendence, supervision, care, inspection, surveillance, control, charge, overlooking, connivance, omission, failure, inadvertence, default, inattention, lapse

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1. List of paraphrases for "oversight":

   monitoring, supervision, control, supervisory, surveillance, supervising, monitor, overseeing, censorship, supervise, scrutiny, controls, controlling, observation, inspection, screening, oversee, omission, supervised, watchdog, contrôle, observer, authority, checking, monitored

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How to use oversight in a sentence?

1. The French minister:

   We consider that oversight of the healthcare system, fighting the coronavirus, is a matter for governments and not necessarily for big American companies.

2. Madeleine Dean:

   I'll be disappointed, but I'm hopeful, i feel it's part of my duty to be part of this oversight. Hopefully if I don't get public questions I get private questions. But I feel an absolute duty to fulfill this role.

3. Matt Gaetz:

   Now, from refusing to produce documents, to improperly redacting documents, to threatening our staff, it is clear that Rod Rosenstein will use every tool at his disposal to frustrate congressional oversight.

4. White House:

   We've found that in many cases these programs actually serve a very useful purpose. What is needed, however, is much greater consistency in oversight of these programs.

5. Adam Schiff:

   The President, when I met with him, said that he is happy to have whoever we wanted review the documents. His staff has opposed that, they were opposed to even letting my own staff review the documents, my staff director, so we're still trying to get those documents for the full committee, we would like the White House's help if they are sincere about wanting to share this information and have the oversight functions performed, they are to be facilitating this.