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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1. Jerry Daniels:

   The Southern Chiefs’ Organization fully owns and operates the building, with oversight and control of all aspects of its future development.

2. Prince Mohammed:

   The new laws represent a new wave of reforms that will ... increase the reliability of procedures and oversight mechanisms as cornerstones in achieving the principles of justice, clarifying the lines of accountability.

3. Andy Biggs:

   We can’t let this go. It’s an important issue. We’ve got to get to the bottom of it, the Judiciary Committee will have oversight in the next session of Congress.

4. Alex Neve:

   It is beyond unconscionable now that there continues to be no independent oversight of Canada's immigration detention facilities, the growing number of deaths in Canadian immigration custody makes it clear that there is a terrible human cost.

5. Financial Advisory Authority on Sunday:

   The oversight board, creditors and other interested parties are well aware that without participation of the Government of Puerto Rico through legislative, executive and administrative action, no plan is feasible, no agreement can be executed, and no security will be marketable.