delegate

Synonyms

agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, deputy, envoy, factor, procurator, proxy, rep, representative;

Related Words

ambassador, diplomat, diplomatist, emissary, foreign minister, legate, plenipotentiary;

alternate, backup, pinch hitter, relief, replacement, stand-in, sub, substitute, surrogate, understudy;

informer, operative, spy;

broker, distributor, manager;

arbiter, arbitrator, conciliator, go-between, intercessor, intermediary, interposer, liaison, mediator, middleman, peacemaker;

mouthpiece, point man, point person, prophet, speaker, spokesman, spokesperson;

Synonyms

commend, commit, confide, consign, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give, give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest;

Antonyms

hold, keep, retain;

Near Antonyms

detain, hold back, reserve, withhold;

own, possess;

accept, receive, take in;

occupy, take, take over;

Related Words

confer, grant;

assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide;

hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield;

bequeath, hand down, hand on, will;

advance, lend, loan;

furnish, supply;