- oversight
- n1. neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, inattention, lack of attention, inconsideration, inadvertence, inadvertency; disregard, indifference, nonconcern, carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, unheedfulness; oblivion, forgetfulness, unmind-fulness; laxity, laxness, slackness, remissness; failure, lapse, default, dereliction, delinquency, nonfulfillment, nonperformance; fault, slight, omission.2. mistake, error, inaccuracy, erratum, corrigendum; blunder, botch, bungle, flub, muff; leak, slip of the tongue or pen, Inf. slip-up; All Sl. pratfall, fool mistake, dumb trick, foul-up, louse-up, screw-up, boner, boo-boo, goof, blooper, clinker, clunker.3. supervision, superintendence, surveillance, watchful care; management, ministration, ministry, administration, government, governance; dominion, jurisdiction; direction, guidance, tutelage, command, control; care, custody, charge, keeping, ward, hands; auspices, protection, protectorship, guardianship, stewardship, patronage.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.