Thesaurus results for SUPERVISOR

supervisor

noun

ˈsü-pər-ˌvī-zər

as in manager

a person who manages or directs something the salesclerk said she would have to ask her supervisor if I could return the defective CD without a receipt

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Recent Examples of supervisor Written at a workshop organized by Andrea von Foerster, the music supervisor for much of Sheridan’s television work, including Landman, Yellowstone, and Dutton Ranch, the song was synced with a gut-punch scene. —

Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2026 But the 48-year-old former San Francisco County supervisor’s solution — a single-payer-style public disaster insurance program — is poorly defined and presents an enormous risk for a state struggling with chronic deficits. —

Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 15 May 2026 But Freddy asked his supervisor to get a doctor to make sure his uncle was all right. —

Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 The immediate supervisor leadership score was strongly associated with both job satisfaction and burnout even after researchers adjusted for gender, age, length of employment, and job category. —

Paula Davis, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for supervisor

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Noun

On the Democratic side, Jesse Brewer, a former area manager for 7-Eleven locations, is running against Melissa Strange, a supply-chain director for an agribusiness company.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
Sitting in the Petco Park visiting dugout Monday afternoon, Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes would have preferred to be answering a different set of questions about the team’s rotation depth.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026