DEPUTY Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈde-pyə-tē

Definition of deputy

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

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as in assistant

a person who helps a more skilled person a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks

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deputy

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adjective

as in junior

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Noun

Strada took over the Department of Correction in January 2023 after serving as deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation & Reentry. — Ed White, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Strada was appointed commissioner of Tennessee’s Department of Correction by Lee in January 2023, after serving as deputy director of Arizona’s Department of Correction. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026

Adjective

Matthew Gould has served as a British ambassador to Israel and deputy ambassador to Iran. — Matthew Gould, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026 Sumstad was one of two deputy police chiefs who retired in June, but her attorney said at the time that her retirement was not voluntary. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deputy

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Noun

Most notably, the changes opened the process to greater public participation and reduced the power of party leaders to choose delegates behind closed doors.

— Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
The regional government, led by the conservative People's Party, has asked the government delegate to clear the square within 48 hours before taking the matter to court.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of delegate

Noun

Kentucky Boy was conceived of by Old Forester assistant master distiller Caleb Trigo and Woodford Reserve master distiller Elizabeth McCall as a tribute to Morris for his 50th anniversary with Brown-Forman.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026
Greengart pointed to the Rabbit r1 personal assistant, which lacked distinct use cases from the smartphone and faced technical and hardware issues.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistant

Adjective

After jawing with Oregon players, the junior linebacker was seen taunting the Oregon sideline and celebrating on his way back to USC’s side of the field.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
One junior link builder can now manage a database of more than 20,000 sites, a workload that used to require at least three people.

— Victor Karpenko, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of junior

Noun

She was elected and spent last year talking to university administrators and Greek life representatives to try to advocate for more transparency.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Phil Mickelson checked himself into a treatment center earlier this year, seeking help for family trauma and addiction, a representative said.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of representative

Noun

But this being the height of the Cold War, the aide points out that delivering on his request may be easier said than done.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Federal authorities on Thursday charged a Boston-area man with harassing Katie Miller, the conservative podcaster and wife of senior White House aide Stephen Miller, in a case that sparked a heated debate among prosecutors and within the FBI.

— Jeremy Roebuck, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of aide

Noun

My interview with Altman had been arranged weeks earlier, just as the first revelations emerged about swarms of rogue AI agents conspiring to hack websites.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Until today, human scientists have been the agents responsible for discovering cancer cures, and for doing so they (and key associates) have been showered with academic credit and awards, perhaps even a Nobel Prize.

— Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of agent

Noun

But that hasn’t stopped out-of-state reenactors from worrying their muskets will be confiscated at the George Washington Bridge, says Justin Costantino, adjutant of the Long Island Companies of the 3rd New York Regiment.

— Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.

— Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024

Definition of adjutant

Noun

Jamal, who co-founded the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, which helps immigrants find pro bono attorneys, also helped retain a lawyer for the Somali teenager charged with piracy in the infamous Captain Richard Phillips hostage-taking.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Federal government attorneys say the lawsuits are a backdoor way to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions and amount to an unconstitutional power grab.

— LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

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