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

As Washington dispatches envoys and Ukraine hits a key Russian Black Sea naval base, both sides dig in for a grinding war that Zelensky warns must bring real consequences for Moscow. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Washington envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff visited Moscow and Kyiv for separate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelenskyy at the weekend. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

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

Oleksandr Pastukhov, a 27-year-old video editor who joined the commemoration, was skeptical that the envoys’ visit would change anything. — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

Russia and Ukraine have enacted a 72-hour temporary truce for the duration of the US envoys’ visits, specifically halting airstrikes on each other’s capitals, Kyiv and Moscow. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 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

When British envoys arrive, promising support for Rukumba’s independence from Uganda in exchange for access to the snow for scientific research, the village committee embraces the deal as progress. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2026