Synonyms for deputy
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Noun
1. Lieutenant — one appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a…
lieutenant, envoy, commissioner, vice, representative, agent, second-in-command, delegate, attorney, ambassador, legate, procurator, vicar, substitute, secondary, proxy, emissary, number two, intercessor, locum tenens, factor, vicegerent
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Definitions
- n. 1
One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
As the deputy store manager, he is able to fire staff.
Related words
- Word family
- deputize
- Phrases
- deputy director
- Is a kind of
- person substitute
Forms
- Plural
- deputies → lieutenants, envoys, commissioners, vices…
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In strict usage the deputy or delegate is more limited in functions and more closely bound by instructions than a representative. A single officer may have a deputy; many persons combine to choose a delegate or representative.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- vice They nominated Calvin Coolidge for vice president.
- lieutenant Lieutenant, my patience is shorter than my sword.
- commissioner What's going on, commissioner? Are you seeing ghosts?
- envoy There's an envoy from Australia here to see you.
- parliamentarian He is a great analyst and a great parliamentarian.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| deputy | falling | |
| vice | falling | |
| lieutenant | steady | |
| commissioner | falling | |
| envoy | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vice1
- 5 letters
- agent2, proxy2, envoy2, vicar2
- 6 letters
- factor2, helper2, legate2
- 8 letters
- attorney3, delegate3, emissary4
- 9 letters
- secondary4, surrogate3
- 10 letters
- lieutenant3, ambassador4, substitute3, procurator, vicegerent
- 11 letters
- intercessor
- 12 letters
- commissioner4
- 14 letters
- representative5
- 15 letters
- parliamentarian6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agent2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- adjoint
- Italiano
- assistente
- Español
- asistente
- Deutsch
- Assistent