- supervisor - one who supervises or has charge and direction of
--1 is a kind of superior, higher-up, superordinate
--1 has particulars:Derived forms: verb supervise1, verb supervise2 - supervisory program, supervisor, executive program - a program that controls the execution of other programs
--2 is a kind of program, programme, computer program, computer programme
--2 is a part of operating system, OS
--2 has parts: supervisory routine, executive routine