contact person

Designated communication link

A contact person is someone designated to receive communications or inquiries on behalf of an organization, project, or group.

The term appears frequently in bureaucratic and professional contexts: Please list a contact person for emergencies.

Unlike a spokesperson, a contact person handles practical coordination rather than public statements.

liaison

intermediary

Agent linking two parties

conduit · connector · link · bridge · channel · communicator · networker · handler · fixer · matchmaker

representative

spokesperson

Authorized representative communicator

  • delegateEntrust authority to another
  • agentOne who acts independently
  • proxyAuthorized substitute

ambassador · envoy · emissary · advocate · frontman · mouthpiece · stand-in · deputy · designee · assignee

Opposites
organizational role and authority

contact persondecision-maker

One with choosing power

principal · boss · executive · CEO · silent partner

accessibility and communication function

contact personfaceless bureaucrat

Anonymous institutional functionary

ghost · stranger · nobody

organizational accessibility

contact persondecision-maker

One with choosing power

silent partner · faceless bureaucrat · shadow figure · puppet master

Family

contact, person, contacts, contacted, contacting, contactable, persons, personal, personally

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G