Definition for Oversight:

• Supervision; neglect; mistake.

Synonyms for Oversight:

• n.

  •
  • check,
  • search,
  • due diligence,
  • analysis.
  •administration (noun)
  • conductings,
  • governings,
  • directings,
  • over-seeings,
  • pro-vision,
  • pro vision,
  • dis position,
  • dis positions,
  • overseeings,
  • over seeing,
  • organization,
  • over seeings,
  • over-sights,
  • over sights,
  • administerings,
  • dis-position,
  • dis-positions,
  • pro-visions,
  • over-seeing,
  • Overseeing,
  • over-sight,
  • conduct,
  • pro visions,
  • over sight.
  •a mistake (noun)
  • boner.
  •blame, sin; mistake (noun)
  • fault.
  •blunder (noun)
  • boo-boos,
  • in-accuracies,
  • flubups,
  • slip ups,
  • gaffe,
  • dumb moves,
  • howlers,
  • in discretion,
  • dumb thing to do,
  • in accuracy,
  • flub-ups,
  • goof,
  • flub-up,
  • slip-up,
  • in discretions,
  • in-discretions,
  • booboos,
  • flubup,
  • flub ups,
  • dumb thing do,
  • in-discretion,
  • in-accuracy,
  • muff,
  • slip-ups,
  • dumb move,
  • flub up,
  • in accuracies,
  • booboo.
  •boner (noun)
  • foulup,
  • goof-up,
  • screw-up,
  • bonehead play.
  •boo boo (noun)
  • boo-boo.
  •care, supervision (noun)
  • administration,
  • maintenance,
  • tutelage,
  • aegis,
  • guard,
  • inspection,
  • surveillance,
  • charge,
  • keep,
  • handling,
  • management,
  • guardianship,
  • superintendence,
  • keeping,
  • custody,
  • control,
  • intendance,
  • direction.
  •carelessness (noun)
  • negligence.
  •charge (noun)
  • in tendance,
  • in-tendance,
  • intendances,
  • in-tendances,
  • in tendances,
  • super-intendency,
  • super intendencies,
  • superintendencies,
  • super intendency,
  • super-intendencies,
  • Superintendency.
  •chasm (noun)
  • fissure,
  • preterition,
  • Clough,
  • preteritions,
  • ravine,
  • rift,
  • cloves,
  • cloughs.
  •conduct (noun)
  • carrying ons,
  • trans-actions,
  • trans-action,
  • Wielding,
  • wieldings,
  • trans actions,
  • trans action.
  •control (noun)
  • conn,
  • command,
  • leadership,
  • domination,
  • helm,
  • harness,
  • government,
  • bridle,
  • discipline,
  • administration (of an estate).
  •default (noun)
  • de-faults,
  • de faults,
  • in-adequacy,
  • in-adequacies,
  • over looking,
  • Non-payment,
  • overlookings,
  • in adequacy,
  • in sufficiencies,
  • non payments,
  • inadequacy,
  • non-payments,
  • de fault,
  • over-looking,
  • in sufficiency,
  • in adequacies,
  • in-sufficiency,
  • in-sufficiencies,
  • de-fault,
  • non payment.
  •delinquency (noun)
  • mis behaviors,
  • mis behavior,
  • mis-deed,
  • mis-demeanor,
  • mis-deeds,
  • mis demeanors,
  • mis deeds,
  • mis-demeanors,
  • Non-observance,
  • nonobservances,
  • non observance,
  • non feasance,
  • mis-behaviors,
  • non observances,
  • non-feasances,
  • nonobservance,
  • mis-behavior,
  • non-observances,
  • non feasances,
  • mis demeanor,
  • Non-feasance,
  • mis deed.
  •delusion (noun)
  • Visions,
  • Eidolon,
  • mis-apprehension,
  • mis apprehensions,
  • selfdeceptions,
  • figment,
  • mis apprehension,
  • eidola,
  • eidolons,
  • self-deceptions,
  • deceptiveness,
  • selfdeception,
  • self-deception,
  • fools paradise,
  • fool paradise,
  • deceptivenesses,
  • self deception,
  • mis-apprehensions,
  • Illusions,
  • self deceptions.
  •disregard (noun)
  • dis interest,
  • insouciances,
  • dis respects,
  • brushoff,
  • dis-regards,
  • the cold shoulder,
  • in attentions,
  • in-difference,
  • dis-interests,
  • forgettings,
  • the cold shoulders,
  • brushoffs,
  • unmindfulnesses,
  • dis-esteem,
  • in-attentions,
  • dis-interest,
  • un-concerns,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-respects,
  • dis-favor,
  • un-mindfulnesses,
  • dis favors,
  • un concern,
  • brush-off,
  • in-differences,
  • brush offs,
  • dis-regard,
  • neglectings,
  • dis esteem,
  • un concerns,
  • slightings,
  • dis regard,
  • in difference,
  • dis-esteems,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis-respect,
  • dis esteems,
  • insouciance,
  • dis interests,
  • un-concern,
  • un mindfulnesses,
  • un-mindfulness,
  • brush-offs,
  • in-attention,
  • unmindfulness,
  • in differences,
  • dis favor,
  • dis respect,
  • in attention,
  • un mindfulness.
  •error (noun)
  • Misjudgment,
  • misconstruction,
  • slip,
  • aberration,
  • fallacy,
  • inaccuracy,
  • mistake,
  • blunder,
  • miscalculation,
  • flaw,
  • misestimation,
  • falsehood,
  • misprint,
  • misconception,
  • distortion,
  • defect,
  • typo,
  • error.
  •failure; want (noun)
  • default.
  •fault (noun)
  • answerabilities,
  • evil doings,
  • failings,
  • loss innocence,
  • evil doing,
  • mis-conduct,
  • loss of innocence,
  • mis-conducts,
  • mis conduct,
  • mis conducts,
  • answerability.
  •faux pas (noun)
  • gaucherie,
  • foul-up,
  • blunder in etiquette,
  • gaucheries,
  • mess-up,
  • mess-ups,
  • colossal blunder,
  • social blunder.
  •fluff (noun)
  • bunglings.
  •gap, abyss (noun)
  • chasm.
  •oversight (noun)
  • lapse,
  • supervising,
  • supervision,
  • inadvertence.
  •running (noun)
  • running,
  • workings,
  • coordinations,
  • coordination,
  • co-ordination.
  •slip (noun)
  • slip the tongue.
  •small mistake (noun)
  • boo boo.
  •something forgotten or excluded (noun)
  • omission.
  •supervision (noun)
  • super visions,
  • super-vision,
  • super-visions,
  • super vision.
  •thoughtlessness (noun)
  • inconsiderateness,
  • inconsideration.
  •unthoughtfulness (noun)
  • unthoughtfulness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Freudian Slip,
  • indiscretion,
  • overestimate,
  • misapprehension,
  • mistaken identity,
  • faux pas,
  • misinterpretation,
  • muddle,
  • spoonerism,
  • bungle,
  • goof up,
  • blooper,
  • snafu,
  • pratfall,
  • foul up,
  • slip up,
  • howler,
  • erratum,
  • cock up,
  • mishap,
  • false move.
  •
  • solecism,
  • confusion,
  • mix up,
  • invalidity,
  • underestimate,
  • misunderstanding.
  •
  • fuck up,
  • screw up.
  •
  • trap.

Paraphrases for Oversight:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    supervising.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    supervising.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    omission, neglect.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    controlling.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Trustees, procedures, safeguards, Ios, havens, data, Overseeing, assess, authority, watchdog, controlling, censorship, observation, oversee.
  • Noun, plural
    examinations, checkpoints, purposes, takeovers, supervisors, Surveys, checklists, patrols, Guards, Rivers, warders, Delays, Cameras, Trustees, data, audits.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    data, Overseeing, audits, forgetfulness, negligence, overview, watchdog, controlling, carelessness, inadvertence, censorship, guardianship, oblivion, observation, stewardship.
  • Verb, past tense
    Oversaw, Infiltrated, handled, conducted, Urged, Got.
  • Verb, past participle
    Overseen, Inspected, verified, Exercised, corrected, Screened, Performed.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    regulates, inspects, reports, involves, verifies, Tests, owns, screens, plans, audits.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    screening, vetting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    screening, scrutiny.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    authority, screening, vetting, scrutiny.

Antonyms for Oversight:

• n.

  • care, supervision
    liberation, neglect, mismanagement.
  • failure, omission
    advantage, care, achievement, correction, attention, remembrance, ignorance, success, perfection, recollection, accuracy.
  • Other antonyms:
    exactitude, fulfillment, infallibility, heedlessness, slight, disregard, indifference, inerrancy, omission, compliance, recklessness, carelessness, negligence, strictness, precision, preciseness, exactness, discharge, correctness, inattention, remissness.

Oversight Sentence Examples:

• She could climb like a boy, and could carry Pelle all round the garden on her back; it was really an oversight that she should have to wear skirts.

• That they took no native seaman along was a misfortune rather than an oversight.