oversight | Definition of oversight

Synonyms and Antonyms of oversight

1 the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something

oversight of the club's fund-raising activities

Synonyms of oversight

administration, care, charge, conduct, control, direction, governance, government, guidance, handling, intendance, management, operation, presidency, regulation, running, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervision

Words Related to oversight

generalship, leadership, rulership

aegis (also egis), custody, guardianship, keeping, lap, protection, safekeeping, trust, tutelage, ward

engineering, logistics, machination, manipulation

coadministration, codirection, comanagement

2 an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

claiming "three billion" instead of "three million" was just an oversight

Synonyms of oversight

blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob [British], brick, clanger [British], clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip

Words Related to oversight

bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall

misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding

Near Antonyms of oversight

accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness

inerrancy, infallibility, perfection

3 the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control

you'll have oversight of the troop until the scoutmaster returns

Synonyms of oversight

care, charge, guidance, headship, regulation, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervision, surveillance

Words Related to oversight

monitoring, observance, observation, observing, policing

administration, control, direction, generalship, hand(s), management, running

leadership, piloting, shepherding, steering

government, reign, rule

aegis (also egis), auspices, guardianship, protection, trusteeship, tutelage

4 the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action

failing to lock the car can be an expensive oversight if it gets stolen

Synonyms of oversight

default, delinquency, dereliction, failure, misprision, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance

Words Related to oversight

carelessness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency, laxity

Near Antonyms of oversight

compliance, discharge, fulfillment (or fulfilment)