spokesmen

noun

plural of spokesman
as in spokespeople
a person who speaks for another or for a group a spokesman for the cattle industry

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Recent Examples of spokesmen Mahomes and Gronkowski will serve as spokesmen and promote Friday Night 5G Lights on social media. — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Tiger and Rory ultimately became friends and fellow spokesmen for Nike. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026 Managers, as always, are the game’s primary spokesmen, meeting with the media before and after every game. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 The Daily News reached out to spokesmen for Mann. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026 Corporate spokesmen, print ads, TV spots. — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026 His spokesmen declined to answer questions about which family members helped harvest the soybeans or his relationship with the Bradfords. — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025 His cabinet included former members and spokesmen of Shiite armed groups. — Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025 Both Maduro and his main spokesmen, such as Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, say the United States will fail in its plans, anticipating a popular resistance in favor of the government. — Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spokesmen
  1. speakers
  2. promoters
  3. ambassadors
  4. prophets
  5. mouthpieces
  6. representatives
Noun
  • Both speakers pointed to energy as today’s biggest geopolitical stress point.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The monitor also has five 5-watt speakers with spatial audio technology, making the audio sound more immersive.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of speakers
Noun
  • Avsec said AlphaGenome works well for some classes of variant, such as those affecting splicing or promoters, but can miss others, particularly in enhancers.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • At the time, there was no real professional scene for female fighters, with the major promoters not seeing any commercial value in it.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of promoters
Noun
  • Hermès does not employ celebrity ambassadors, as most other major luxury brands do, but, perhaps in a nod to the setting, the evening’s front row was a touch starrier than usual.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Trump’s Truth Social post came after a meeting with actor Jon Voight, one of the president’s designated Hollywood ambassadors who has played a key role in lobbying for the film industry and advocating for a federal tax credit.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of ambassadors
Noun
  • Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • This eight-part series takes a look at the history of four Korean leaders who claimed to be prophets.
    — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of prophets
Noun
  • For Netanyahu’s mouthpieces in the media, news of the ceasefire deal appeared to represent a genuine crisis.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 June 2026
  • Try your best to get into any cracks or crevices, like around mouthpieces, that might invite mold.
    — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 23 May 2026
Definition of mouthpieces
Noun
  • The Washington Examiner contacted representatives from the DOJ and the FBI.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The company officially opened the new Austin Innovation Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Silicon Labs senior leaders and employees, as well as representatives from the State of Texas.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of representatives

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“Spokesmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spokesmen. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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