Synonyms of envoys

envoys

noun

plural of envoy

1

as in ambassadors

a person sent on a mission to represent another

the president sent the secretary of state as his personal envoy to gain the support of the country's allies

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in delegates

a person who acts or does business for another

one of the students was chosen as the club's envoy in meetings with the principal

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of envoys

Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow hopes a meeting in Russia between the envoys and Russian President Vladimir Putin can be organized soon, perhaps as early as Wednesday. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

The Republican president's special envoys such as Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Tom Barrack have taken the lead on those matters. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

The top trade envoys for China and the European Union agreed Friday on a broad initial deal following two days of talks aimed at calming escalating tensions over trade imbalances, the EU trade commissioner said. — Sam McNeil, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Unlike most Western democracies in which citizens abroad can mail in a ballot, Israel doesn’t allow absentee voting; only diplomats and official envoys can vote from outside the country. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Iroquois envoys regularly visited colonists, both to size up their ambitious rivals and to give advice on how to survive on an American continent where Native American culture dominated. — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026

The envoys held extensive conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow the day before. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026

Kushner said the two envoys hoped to revive trilateral talks involving Russia and Ukraine directly, a format last used roughly six months earlier, and said that Washington remained in near-daily contact with Ukrainian officials even between visits. — Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Their trip comes after months of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's pleas for the envoys to visit. — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026