Synonyms of deputy

deputy 1 of 2

noun

ˈde-pyə-tē 

1

as in delegate

a person who acts or does business for another

the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delegate
• representative
• agent
• attorney
• minister
• manager
• ambassador
• envoy
• procurator
• proxy
• rep
• commissary
• spokesperson
• assignee
• factor
• spokesman
• diplomat
• replacement
• plenipotentiary
• surrogate
• distributor
• substitute
• speaker
• foreign minister
• liaison
• diplomatist
• stand-in
• legate
• informer
• emissary
• operative
• sub
• spy
• alternate
• broker
• backup
• arbitrator
• mediator
• intermediary
• arbiter
• conciliator
• peacemaker
• relief
• pinch hitter
• mouthpiece
• middleman
• understudy
• intercessor
• prophet
• point man
• point person
• go-between
• comprador
• interposer

2

as in assistant

a person who helps a more skilled person

a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assistant
• aide
• adjutant
• apprentice
• aid
• lieutenant
• sidekick
• adjunct
• helper
• servant
• coadjutor
• helpmate
• employee
• mate
• maid
• worker
• helpmeet
• subordinate
• attendant
• auxiliary
• maidservant
• handmaiden
• laborer
• underling
• hireling
• help
• scullion
• right hand
• legman
• hand
• swamper
• aide-de-camp
• girl Friday
• man Friday
• gal Friday

deputy

2 of 2

adjective

as in junior

Related Words

• assistant
• junior
• assisting
• under
• coadjutor
• second
• subordinate
• less
• secondary
• last
• subsidiary
• lesser
• ancillary
• lower
• lowly
• inferior

Dissimilar Words

• chief
• first
• principal
• presiding
• primary
• head
• prime
• supreme
• lead
• leading
• top
• high
• premier
• senior
• commanding
• foremost
• preeminent
• high-level
• supervisory
• supereminent
• overseeing
• controlling
• directing
• ruling
• managing
• reigning
• regnant
• officiating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deputy

Noun

This year’s San Seb is longtime festival director José Luis Rebordinos’s last in charge, as Maialen Beloki, the festival’s current deputy, will succeed him in January. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

The standoff ended after another deputy arrived to assist in an arrest. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2026

Adjective

Warren, who was suspended by DeSantis in 2022 and now serves as the deputy legal director of Democracy Defenders Fund, said there’s no way to know the full extent of the grand jury’s investigation. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Roughly half the deputy city manager’s $200,000 salary is also charged to your permit fees, and last year the city added half of her assistant’s. — Fabiola Stuyvesant, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026