delegate
Convention floor voter
A delegate is a person authorized to represent others, especially at a conference or convention: Each state sends delegates to the national convention.
The verb delegate means to assign responsibility or authority to someone else: She delegated the task to her assistant.
Effective delegation involves trusting others to handle work you might otherwise do yourself.
The word carries a sense of formal appointment rather than casual assignment.
Commit to another's care
- assignGive as responsibility
- appointAssign to office
- designateFormally select or name
- commissionPayment for services rendered
authorize · empower · depute · allocate · devolve · mandate · task · responsibility
One who acts for another
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- emissaryAgent sent abroad
- appointeePerson named to position
- proxyAuthorized substitute
agent · nominee · deputy · ambassador · spokesperson · commissioner · surrogate · stand-in
Elected maker of laws
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- senatorUpper chamber member
- councilorElected local official
- parliamentarianRules of order specialist
assemblyman · representative · lawmaker · alderman · elector · caucus · committee · chamber
Person present at event
- participantOne who takes part
- memberOne who belongs
- conventioneersAssembly attendees
- assemblyConstructing from components
summit · convention · symposium · forum · plenary · caucus · meeting · gathering
entrust
Commit to another's care
commission · authorize · empower · depute · allocate · devolve · mandate · task · responsibility · duty
representative
One who acts for another
proxy · agent · nominee · deputy · ambassador · spokesperson · commissioner · surrogate · stand-in · alternate
legislator
Elected maker of laws
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- senatorUpper chamber member
- councilorElected local official
parliamentarian · assemblyman · representative · lawmaker · alderman · elector · caucus · committee · chamber · legislature
attendee
Person present at event
- participantOne who takes part
- memberOne who belongs
- conventioneersAssembly attendees
assembly · summit · convention · symposium · forum · plenary · caucus · meeting · gathering · session
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- attendeesattendees, attendee, participant, participants, guests
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- representativesrepresentative, lawyer, deputy, rep, proxy
- appointeesappointee, nominee, designee, ambassador, cabinet secretary
- dignitariesdignitary, ambassador, diplomat, envoy, consul
delegatemicromanage
Excessive oversight of subordinates
control · dictate · dominate · command · do it yourself
- union delegatesElected labor representatives
- delegation of authorityGranting power to others
- delegate authority
- delegate countNumber of convention votes
delegation, delegated, delegates, delegating, delegations, delegator, delegators