DELEGATES Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of delegate

as in ambassadors

a person sent on a mission to represent another the delegate had a list of concerns to discuss with the country's new prime minister

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as in representatives

a person who acts or does business for another the real estate developer sent a delegate to the town meeting to represent his interests

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delegates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of delegate

as in commissions

to appoint as one's representative he delegated his son to go pick up the tickets for him

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as in hands

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another a manager who is reluctant to delegate authority to subordinates

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Recent Examples of delegates

Noun

An agreement adopted by the First Continental Congress and signed by all 53 delegates that urged colonists to boycott British goods. —

Justin Adams, CBS News, 26 May 2026 Still, Bianco, the two-term sheriff of California’s fourth most populous county, is a favorite of many Republicans in the state and won more support from delegates during the party’s recent endorsing convention than Hilton, though neither reached the necessary 60% to win the party backing. —

Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026 But only about a quarter of the state’s delegates are Democrats. —

Ashley Wu, New York Times, 18 May 2026 In the district, Fazio won all delegates from multiple towns, including Simsbury, Southbury, Thomaston, Washington, Watertown, and Wolcott. —

Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 The Shortsleeve campaign’s words come as GOP primary opponent Mike Minogue, who won the party endorsement in a landslide victory at the convention with over 70% of support from delegates, continues to snub primary debate challenges from Shortsleeve. —

Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026 The latest effort is a private-public partnership that crosses county borders, with delegates from Los Angeles and Orange counties working together in recent years to come up with a solution to the ongoing trash troubles off Seal Beach and Long Beach. —

Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 May 2026 One of the many delegates to draw too much confidence from the outcome was Thomas Jefferson. —

Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 This year, at least 180,000 delegates will make the trip to the French capital. —

Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 13 May 2026

Verb

According to Stern, there is also guardianship paperwork, which has been signed by the children’s mother, that delegates parental authority to Omar, who Stern says has acted as a liaison for the children on school and medical matters because their mother does not speak English, per Rochester First. —

Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026 Coyle also delegates various administrators representing each sport to keep lists of prospective coaches. —

Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026 Michael Ciaglo / Bloomberg via Getty Images The Constitution delegates the power to run elections to states. —

Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 In addition, as Professors Sam Ehrlich and Ryan Rodenberg recently explained in the Cardozo Law Review, there’s a potential non-delegation problem with legislation that delegates regulatory power to private athletic associations such as the NCAA or College Sports Commission. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2025 In the United States, the federal government delegates the regulation of the practice of medicine to the states, which aren’t racing nearly fast enough right now to catch up with the galloping med spa industry. —

Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Nov. 2025 Fred Harran, the Republican sheriff of Bucks County, signed up in April for the United States’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 287(g) program, which delegates some federal immigration responsibilities to local law enforcement departments. —

Will McDuffie, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025 Florida is one of several states that delegates federal immigration enforcement to state and local police. —

David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025 Gendron's attorneys also said that the district largely delegates the process of jury sourcing to an outside vendor that failed to properly document its procedures. —

Christopher Cann, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegates

Noun

The problem is that those ambassadors don’t exist.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
Speaking during the ceremony to an audience stacked with ambassadors including Ariana Greenblatt, Eva Longoria, and Aishwarya Rai, L’Oréal’s Toupet said film remains central to shaping how women are seen and given opportunities.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 23 May 2026