supervisor (redirected from supervisors)

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.

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

Translations

supervisor [ˈsuːpəvaɪzəʳ] n (gen), (UNIV) → supervisor(a) m/f

supervisor [ˈsuːpəvaɪzəʳ] supervise n → surveillant(e);

(in shop) → chef m de rayon;

(Scol) → directeur/trice de thèse

supervisor [ˈsuːpəvaɪzəʳ] supervise n → Aufseher(in) m(f);

(of students) → Tutor(in) m(f)

supervisor [ˈsuːpəvaɪzəʳ] n → sorvegliante m/f; soprintendente m/f;

(in shop) → capocommesso/a;

(at university) → relatore/trice