Synonyms of delegates

delegates 1 of 2

noun

plural of delegate

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ambassadors
• representatives
• envoys
• ministers
• agents
• diplomats
• legates
• emissaries
• consuls
• missionaries
• deputies
• proxies
• attachés
• apostles
• foreign ministers
• nuncios
• messengers
• procurators
• evangelists
• legations
• deputations
• detachments
• ambassadresses
• spokespeople
• chargés d'affaires
• couriers
• mouthpieces

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• representatives
• deputies
• agents
• attorneys
• ministers
• managers
• ambassadors
• proxies
• envoys
• reps
• assignees
• factors
• diplomats
• procurators
• commissaries
• spokesmen
• surrogates
• speakers
• plenipotentiaries
• operatives
• diplomatists
• distributors
• legates
• alternates
• foreign ministers
• emissaries
• substitutes
• replacements
• liaisons
• spies
• informers
• brokers
• arbitrators
• pinch hitters
• conciliators
• subs
• mediators
• understudies
• intermediaries
• arbiters
• spokespeople
• peacemakers
• backups
• compradors
• compradores
• prophets
• stand-ins
• intercessors
• point people
• middlemen
• reliefs
• point men
• mouthpieces
• point persons
• interposers
• go-betweens

delegates

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of delegate

1

as in commissions

to appoint as one's representative

he delegated his son to go pick up the tickets for him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commissions
• appoints
• deputes
• deputizes
• nominates
• assigns
• charges
• names
• designates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abrogates
• abdicates

2

as in hands

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

a manager who is reluctant to delegate authority to subordinates

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hands
• leaves
• transfers
• gives
• passes
• trusts
• delivers
• grants
• relinquishes
• intrusts
• commends
• recommends
• turns over
• entrusts
• loans
• vests
• reposes
• commits
• transmits
• confides
• hands over
• consigns
• gives over
• supplies
• deals (out)
• submits
• confers
• lends
• bequeaths
• assigns
• divides
• distributes
• wills
• furnishes
• turns in
• disperses
• dispenses
• advances
• yields
• surrenders
• releases
• hands down
• hands in
• redelivers
• hands on
• retransfers
• retransmits
• recommits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holds
• retains
• keeps
• reserves
• possesses
• receives
• owns
• accepts
• holds back
• withholds
• takes
• takes in
• takes over
• detains
• occupies