Definition for Delegate:

• transfer power to someone

Synonyms for Delegate:

• n.

  •
  • pick,
  • tab,
  • anoint.
  •
  • dictate,
  • require,
  • command,
  • tell,
  • order,
  • instruct.
  •
  • chair,
  • meeting.
  •agent (noun)
  • ombudsman,
  • agency,
  • operative,
  • impresario,
  • instrument,
  • vehicle,
  • liaison,
  • factor,
  • actor,
  • executor,
  • mediator.
  •consignee (noun)
  • addressee,
  • licensee,
  • broker,
  • middleman,
  • envoy,
  • ambassador,
  • trustee,
  • acceptor,
  • nominee,
  • consignee,
  • assignee,
  • receiver.
  •deputy (noun)
  • attorney,
  • auxiliary,
  • lieutenant,
  • helpmate,
  • figurehead,
  • attendant,
  • second,
  • understudy,
  • servant,
  • aide,
  • emissary,
  • assistant,
  • spokeswoman,
  • proxy,
  • backup,
  • mouthpiece,
  • double,
  • token,
  • ghost,
  • alternate,
  • acolyte,
  • helper,
  • dummy.
  •intermediator (noun)
  • intermediator.
  •messenger (noun)
  • carrier,
  • courier,
  • announcer,
  • postman,
  • mailman,
  • harbinger,
  • dispatcher.
  •representative, often governmental (noun)
  • stand-in.

• v.

  •assign responsibility (verb)
  • give,
  • parcel out,
  • devolve,
  • send on mission,
  • send on errand,
  • hold responsible for,
  • shunt.
  •consign (verb)
  • license,
  • nominate.
  •delegate (verb)
  • charge,
  • name,
  • authorize,
  • commission.
  •deputize (verb)
  • arm.
  •give authority; empower (verb)
  • choose,
  • accredit,
  • invest,
  • swear in,
  • place trust in,
  • give nod,
  • mandate,
  • select.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • convener,
  • deputation.
  •
  • chairperson,
  • contingent,
  • chairman,
  • moderator,
  • constitute,
  • chairwoman.
  •
  • mover,
  • secretary.
  •board
  • committee.
  •empower
  • empower.
  •hire
  • lease.
  •legate
  • consul.
  •Other relevant words:
  • contract,
  • arrogate,
  • sign over,
  • procurator,
  • show,
  • shocking,
  • intend,
  • mp,
  • alternative,
  • juicy,
  • congres,
  • vicarious,
  • appropriate,
  • authorise,
  • approve,
  • vice,
  • let,
  • charter,
  • people's choice,
  • displace,
  • locum tenens,
  • regent,
  • sub,
  • ascribe,
  • turn over,
  • launch,
  • explicit,
  • deputise,
  • remit,
  • by proxy,
  • doom,
  • qualify,
  • farm,
  • symbolically,
  • towering,
  • reserve,
  • sympathetic,
  • confirm,
  • empathetic,
  • fix,
  • plenipotentiary,
  • elevated,
  • dispatch,
  • send out,
  • advanced,
  • fate,
  • point,
  • Devolute,
  • subcontract,
  • pinch-hitter,
  • throw,
  • buck,
  • member of parliament,
  • front,
  • embark,
  • emblematically,
  • mail,
  • sensational,
  • attribute,
  • destine,
  • identify,
  • permit,
  • succedaneum,
  • mission,
  • remand,
  • affirm,
  • pledge,
  • sanction,
  • lofty,
  • assemblyman,
  • despatch,
  • commissionaire,
  • commissary,
  • exchangeable,
  • allot,
  • portion,
  • representation,
  • commissar,
  • member,
  • noble,
  • allocate,
  • interchange,
  • catchpole,
  • put,
  • viceroy,
  • senator,
  • Representatively,
  • vote,
  • dart,
  • assemblywoman,
  • attach,
  • exalted,
  • apportion,
  • allow,
  • waft,
  • drag,
  • common,
  • franchise,
  • commend,
  • substitution,
  • councillor,
  • transpose,
  • badli,
  • commissioner,
  • indicate,
  • set,
  • high,
  • denominate,
  • secondary,
  • send off,
  • rep,
  • entitle,
  • member of Congress,
  • detach,
  • give in trust,
  • relief,
  • certify,
  • envoy extraordinary,
  • deliver,
  • abnormal,
  • missionary,
  • pass over,
  • replacement,
  • post,
  • hand on,
  • farm out,
  • sophisticated,
  • Enfeoff,
  • diplomat,
  • advocate,
  • pinpoint,
  • locum,
  • progressive,
  • specify,
  • transmit,
  • enable,
  • ship,
  • Delegated,
  • congressman,
  • minister plenipotentiary,
  • make over,
  • apostolic delegate,
  • lay,
  • vivid,
  • eventual,
  • stand-by,
  • impute,
  • emit,
  • next friend.

Paraphrases for Delegate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Delegated.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Delegated, delegating.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Delegated.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    representatives.
  • Noun, plural
    representatives.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    ministers, commissioners, envoy.
  • Noun, plural
    guardians.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Capita, envoy.
  • Verb, past tense
    constituted, granted, sent, handed, Accounted, authorized.
  • Verb, past participle
    assigned, valued, granted, Transferred, left, Accorded, entrusted, Comprised.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    depicts, constitutes, portrays, tracing, stands, poses.
  • Verb, base form
    devolve, decentralize, authorize, authorized, Authorizing, relinquish, send.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    delegation, deputy, Deputies.
  • Noun, plural
    deputy.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    delegado, delegation, corespondent, negotiator, speaker, deputy.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    counsels.
  • Verb, base form
    deputize, outsource, delegation, entrust.

Antonyms for Delegate:

• v.

  • assign responsibility
    hold.
  • give authority; empower
    ignore, reject, deny, retract, refuse, keep.

Homophones for Delegate:

• delist, dhu'l-qa'dah, daylight, duelist, duellist, dulcet, dualist, Dhu al-Qadah, diddlysquat, deadlight, delight, dill seed, delighted, deadlocked, dialect, delicate.

Hypernym for Delegate:

• n.

  • person
    apostolic delegate.

Hyponym for Delegate:

• n.

  • person
    representative.

• v.

  • social
    delegate, designate, assign, depute.