Synonyms of supervisory

supervisory

adjective

as in administrative

suited for or relating to the directing of things

was promoted to a supervisory position with several assistants working under him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• administrative
• managerial
• directorial
• executive
• ministerial
• official
• governmental
• regulatory
• parliamentary
• bureaucratic
• authoritarian
• despotic
• dictatorial

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonsupervisory
• nonmanagerial

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of supervisory

Police departments across the network can then conduct searches without warrants or supervisory approval. — Henry F. Fradella, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Chicago employees receive training that includes bystander intervention because of local requirements, while California requires different training durations for supervisory and nonsupervisory employees. — Katherin Nukk-Freeman, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Baeumer will remain a consultant to Puma and continue representing the company on Borussia Dortmund’s supervisory board. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

Far from home The supervisory role brought his culinary training full circle, but the winter rotations carried a personal cost. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Rubezhnoy was a member of the supervisory board, according to public records, as was Igor Sechin, the chief executive of Rosneft and one of Putin’s most important allies. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Attorneys for Local 42 had argued the jobs were not supervisory positions and therefore belonged in its bargaining unit rather than the supervisors’ union. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Longer term, Bedrock expects some experienced operators to move into supervisory positions overseeing autonomous equipment. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Those constraints appear to be primarily jurisdictional rather than technical, placing them largely within the scope of regulatory and supervisory policy. — Nia Bowers, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2026