supervisor

1. 1.

   one who supervises or has charge and direction of

   Broadersuperior

   Narrowerbell captaincounselorden motherdirectorforemanforewomanoverseeroyabunproctorresearch director
2. 2.

   a program that controls the execution of other programs

   Synonymssupervisory programexecutive program

   Broaderprogram

   Part ofoperating system

   Partssupervisory routine

Other forms of supervisor

plural

supervisors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about supervisor

What does supervisor mean?

supervisor means "one who supervises or has charge and direction of". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in supervisor?

supervisor has 4 syllables: su-per-vi-sor. The stress falls on "su". In IPA it is /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/.

What is another word for supervisor?

Close synonyms include supervisory program, executive program. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is supervisor a common word?

supervisor is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with supervisor?

4 words rhyme with supervisor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.