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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Recent Examples of deputy

Noun

Ursula Gurney, the deputy athletics director at UMKC, has worked in the department for 18 years. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026 Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the scene after the incident, McConnell said. — Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026

Adjective

Her deputy public defender did not immediately respond to a request for comment. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Mastro is a former first deputy mayor under ex-Mayor Adams and an attorney who has filed at least five actions against the Mamdani administration. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deputy

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Noun

More delegates from Latin America, the Arab world and Africa could lift the number of countries represented past 60, and possibly above 70.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Authorities estimate hundreds of thousands of protesters, including students, teachers and delegates from trade unions, took to the streets on Tuesday as protests sweep the country.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of delegate

Noun

Willow, a one-time teen star now employed as a casting assistant, carries most of the strain.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Pore’s top assistant, Rafael Martinez, delivers the scouting report on their next opponent — in this instance, the University of Tulsa, with a match set for Wednesday night.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistant

Adjective

The Horned Frogs will need Hayward’s pass rushing expertise to harass Baylor junior quarterback DJ Lagway, a former five-star recruit that transferred in from Florida.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
Antonelli began kart racing at age seven and in 2019 won the junior categories of the international WSK Euro Series and the WSK Super Master Series in karting.

— Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of junior

Noun

Dori Media, which produces film and TV out of Tel Aviv, Zurich and Buenos Aires, was approached by representatives for Sphereorigin about working together on a film.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Attempts to reach representatives for Jackson were unsuccessful Wednesday.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of representative

Noun

Javier Rezendez Rocha, who joined LADWP as an aide to electricians, was charged with 12 counts of felony vandalism in connection with the string of incidents that lasted from August 2025 to August 2026, according to a criminal complaint.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The president turned to his new aide, who identifies as a lawyer.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of aide

Noun

The coupling of violence with law and order is ever present in the agent’s recollections, but tonally, the show feels light.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Its membership spans producers, executive producers, distributors, sales agents, technical and post-production firms and dubbing houses.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 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

Twenty-seven states have passed laws ensuring that defendants in consumer debt cases have the right to an attorney once jail time becomes a possibility, Jones said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
Kolodin, an attorney who had lost a GOP primary for the state Senate that summer, was seen as something of a gadfly by some in the state GOP and hardly seen at all by others.

— Laura Meckler, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026

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