Synonyms of diplomats

diplomats

noun

plural of diplomat

as in ambassadors

a person sent by a country's government to represent it in a foreign country

They arranged a dinner to welcome the foreign diplomats.

She served as a U.S. diplomat in France for several years.

Related Words

• ambassadors
• consuls
• diplomatists
• envoys
• attachés
• plenipotentiaries
• delegates
• emissaries
• ministers
• legates
• foreign ministers
• representatives
• nuncios
• deputies
• proxies
• procurators
• ambassadresses
• managers
• surrogates
• liaisons
• mediators
• distributors
• replacements
• substitutes
• alternates
• brokers
• peacemakers
• pinch hitters
• subs
• intermediaries
• arbitrators
• conciliators
• chargés d'affaires
• arbiters
• spokesmen
• attorneys
• middlemen
• understudies
• backups
• spokespeople
• intercessors
• stand-ins
• compradors
• reliefs
• mouthpieces
• prophets
• agents
• speakers
• commissaries
• factors
• assignees
• reps
• point people
• point men
• go-betweens
• interposers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of diplomats

Ethiopia on Thursday ordered 10 Eritrean diplomats to leave and announced the closure of its embassy in Eritrea. — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the government had notified the Dutch Embassy in Israel that its diplomats in Ramallah had to leave within one week. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

Each year in mid-September, about 100,000 climate activists, journalists, tech entrepreneurs, diplomats and funders descend on New York City to talk about all things climate related. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

French diplomats scrambled into major damage control mode, claiming the outrage was a massive misunderstanding blown out of translation. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Hundreds of diplomats filed out as Netanyahu approached the lectern from where leaders of France, Brazil, and the UK assailed Israel this week. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Cuban diplomats present at the assembly then walked out of the room. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026