delegates
Sends with authority
Delegates are people authorized to represent others, typically at a conference, convention, or political assembly.
The word works as both noun and verb: delegates to the convention vote on behalf of their constituents, and a manager delegates tasks to subordinates.
To delegate is to entrust authority or responsibility to someone else—a skill central to leadership.
She delegates well but struggles to let go completely.
Those acting for others
- constituentsParts of a whole
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- caucusParty selection meeting
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
nominees · parties · platforms · electorate · democracy · voting · ballots · campaigns
Joining into one
- representativesThose acting for others
- workersPeople doing jobs
- negotiationsFormal discussion seeking agreement
- contractEnforceable written agreement
grievance · membership · rank-and-file · solidarity · arbitration · strike · ratification · local
Official diplomatic representatives
- envoysOfficial diplomatic representatives
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- consulsDiplomatic officials abroad
- attachésDiplomatic mission specialists
negotiators · mediators · liaisons · summit · treaty · accord · protocol · embassy
People at an event
- registrantsThose officially signed up
- participantsThose actively involved
- speakersAudio output devices
- panelistsDiscussion group members
keynote · agenda · sessions · breakout · workshop · symposium · forum · plenary
Give as responsibility
- entrustCommit to another's care
- authorizeGrant formal permission
- deputizeAppoint as stand-in
- empowerGrant authority or confidence
outsource · subordinates · responsibilities · duties · authority · oversight · accountability · workflow
representatives
Those acting for others
- constituentsParts of a whole
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- caucusParty selection meeting
primaries · nominees · parties · platforms · electorate · democracy · voting · ballots · campaigns · endorsements
union
Joining into one
- representativesThose acting for others
- workersPeople doing jobs
- negotiationsFormal discussion seeking agreement
contract · grievance · membership · rank-and-file · solidarity · arbitration · strike · ratification · local
ambassadors
Official diplomatic representatives
- envoysOfficial diplomatic representatives
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- consulsDiplomatic officials abroad
attachés · negotiators · mediators · liaisons · summit · treaty · accord · protocol · embassy · statecraft
attendees
People at an event
- registrantsThose officially signed up
- participantsThose actively involved
- speakersAudio output devices
panelists · keynote · agenda · sessions · breakout · workshop · symposium · forum · plenary · convention
assign
Give as responsibility
empower · outsource · subordinates · responsibilities · duties · authority · oversight · accountability · workflow · management
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
- parliamentarymotion, quorum, gavel, roll call, floor
- UN AssemblyGeneral Assembly, resolutions, member states, plenary, sessions
delegatesretains
Continues to possess
keeps · withholds · centralizes · hoards · monopolizes
delegatesrefuses
Declines to accept
rejects · declines · rebuffs · turns down · denies
- union delegatesElected labor representatives
- delegation of authorityGranting power to others
- delegate authority
- delegate countNumber of convention votes
- apostolic delegatePope's official representative abroad
- convention delegateAppointed meeting attendee
delegate, delegation, delegated, delegating, delegations, delegator, delegators