supervisor

su·per·vi·sor  (spr-vzr)

n.

1. One who supervises.

2. One who is in charge of a particular department or unit, as in a governmental agency or school system.

3. One who is an elected administrative officer in certain U.S. counties and townships.

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super·viso·ry (-vz-r) adj.

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supervisor [ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzə]

n

1. (Business / Professions) a person who manages or supervises

2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a foreman or forewoman

3. (Social Science / Education) (in some British universities) a tutor supervising the work, esp research work, of a student

4. (Social Science / Education) (in some US schools) an administrator running a department of teachers

5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in some US states) the elected chief official of a township or other subdivision of a county

6. Obsolete a spectator

supervisorship  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	supervisor - one who supervises or has charge and direction of bell captain - the supervisor of bellboys in a hotel counsellor, counselor - someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp den mother - someone who plays the role of a den mother; "he serves as den mother to all the freshmen in this dormitory"; "she's the den mother to new secretaries" theater director, theatre director, director - someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show boss, foreman, honcho, chief, gaffer - a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" forewoman - a woman in charge of a group of workers overseer, superintendent - a person who directs and manages an organization oyabun - a Japanese supervisor monitor, proctor - someone who supervises (an examination) director of research, research director - a supervisor in a research center stage manager, stager - someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed higher-up, superior, superordinate - one of greater rank or station or quality system administrator - a person in charge of managing and maintaining a computer system of telecommunication system (as for a business or institution) taskmaster - someone who imposes hard or continuous work trail boss - the person responsible for driving a herd of cattle
	2.	supervisor - a program that controls the execution of other programs executive program, supervisory program operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code" executive routine, supervisory routine - a routine that coordinates the operation of subroutines

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supervisor

noun boss (informal), manager, superintendent, chief, inspector, administrator, steward, gaffer (informal, chiefly Brit.), foreman, overseer, baas (S. African) a full-time job as a supervisor at a factory

Translations

supervisor [ˈsuːpəvaɪzəʳ] N

1. (gen) → supervisor(a) m/f

2. (Univ) [of thesis] → director(a) m/f

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supervisor [ˈsuːpə^rvaɪzə^r] n (gen) → superviseur/euse m/f; (in shop) → chef mf de rayon (UNIVERSITY) [student] → directeur/trice m/f de thèse

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supervisor

n (of work) → Aufseher(in) m(f), → Aufsicht f; (of research) → Leiter(in) m(f); (Brit Univ) → ˜ Tutor(in) m(f); (for PhD) → Doktorvater m → /-mutter f

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supervisor [ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzəʳ] n → sorvegliante m/f, soprintendente m/f, supervisore m (Univ) → relatore/trice; (in shop) → capocommesso/a

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supervisor [ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzəʳ] n → sorvegliante m/f, soprintendente m/f, supervisore m (Univ) → relatore/trice; (in shop) → capocommesso/a

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supervisor → مشرف manažer tilsynsførende Aufseher επόπτης supervisor valvoja superviseur nadglednik supervisore 監督者 감독자 supervisor veileder nadzorca supervisor руководитель handledare หัวหน้างานที่ควบคุมดูแล amir người giám sát 导师