スーパーバイザー

also: スーパーバイザ · スーパバイザ

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Meanings

A loanword from English, used in business or organizational contexts to refer to a person who oversees work or workers.

〈人ひと〉がスーパーバイザーを務つとめるfor someone to serve as a supervisor
彼かの女じょはコールセンターでスーパーバイザーを務つとめている。
She serves as a supervisor at the call center.
スーパーバイザーとして〈動どう詞し〉to do something in the role of supervisor
彼かれはスーパーバイザーとして現げん場ばを管かん理りしている。
He manages the site in his role as supervisor.
〈場ば所しょ〉のスーパーバイザーになるto become the supervisor of a place
彼かれは工こう場じょうのスーパーバイザーになった。
He became the supervisor of the factory.

監かん督とくN3
監督 is a native Japanese word for supervisor or director used in sports, film, or formal organizational settings, while スーパーバイザー is a modern business loanword with a similar but more corporate feel.
管かん理り者しゃ
管理者 emphasizes administrative or system management duties, whereas スーパーバイザー focuses on directly overseeing people's work.
上じょう司しN2
上司 is the general word for one's boss or superior in a hierarchy, while スーパーバイザー specifically denotes someone whose job is oversight of workers.
マネージャーN1
マネージャー is a broader loanword for someone who manages a team, project, or business, while スーパーバイザー is more specifically about supervising day-to-day work of staff.
責せき任にん者しゃ
責任者 stresses being the person officially responsible for something, while スーパーバイザー stresses the ongoing act of overseeing workers.

スーパーN5
スーパー usually means supermarket, and learners sometimes confuse it with the スーパー- prefix in スーパーバイザー, which actually comes from English 'super-' meaning oversight, not shopping.

Borrowed from English 'supervisor'.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉がスーパーバイザーを務つとめるfor someone to serve as a supervisor

彼かの女じょはコールセンターでスーパーバイザーを務つとめている。

She serves as a supervisor at the call center.

スーパーバイザーとして〈動どう詞し〉to do something in the role of supervisor

彼かれはスーパーバイザーとして現げん場ばを管かん理りしている。

He manages the site in his role as supervisor.

〈場ば所しょ〉のスーパーバイザーになるto become the supervisor of a place

彼かれは工こう場じょうのスーパーバイザーになった。

He became the supervisor of the factory.

Related words

監かん督とくN3
監督 is a native Japanese word for supervisor or director used in sports, film, or formal organizational settings, while スーパーバイザー is a modern business loanword with a similar but more corporate feel.
管かん理り者しゃ
管理者 emphasizes administrative or system management duties, whereas スーパーバイザー focuses on directly overseeing people's work.
上じょう司しN2
上司 is the general word for one's boss or superior in a hierarchy, while スーパーバイザー specifically denotes someone whose job is oversight of workers.
マネージャーN1
マネージャー is a broader loanword for someone who manages a team, project, or business, while スーパーバイザー is more specifically about supervising day-to-day work of staff.
責せき任にん者しゃ
責任者 stresses being the person officially responsible for something, while スーパーバイザー stresses the ongoing act of overseeing workers.