designee
Person officially chosen
A designee is a person who has been designated—that is, officially chosen or appointed—to fulfill a particular role, receive something, or act on someone's behalf.
The term appears frequently in legal, administrative, and bureaucratic contexts: The secretary or her designee will sign all official correspondence.
A designee may exercise powers or receive benefits that would otherwise go to the person who designated them.
One proposed for position
- assigneeRecipient of transferred rights
- selecteePerson formally chosen
- recipientOne who receives something
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
incumbent · trustee · proxy · agent · delegate · representative · deputy · successor
Authorized substitute
- agentOne who acts independently
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- surrogateOne acting for another
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
spokesperson · ambassador · envoy · emissary · liaison · intermediary · advocate · deputy
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- inheritorOne who receives bequests
- legateeRecipient of bequest
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
contingent · alternate · backup · descendant · assign · grantee · transferee · replacement
nominee
One proposed for position
- assigneeRecipient of transferred rights
- selecteePerson formally chosen
- recipientOne who receives something
beneficiary · incumbent · trustee · proxy · agent · delegate · representative · deputy · successor · heir
proxy
Authorized substitute
stand-in · spokesperson · ambassador · envoy · emissary · liaison · intermediary · advocate · deputy · alternate
heir
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- inheritorOne who receives bequests
- legateeRecipient of bequest
devisee · contingent · alternate · backup · descendant · assign · grantee · transferee · replacement
- appointed positionsambassador, judge, cabinet member, commissioner, director
- candidatescandidate, candidates, nominee, nominees, contender
- participantsparticipant, entrant, respondent, applicant, enrollee
- representativesrepresentative, delegate, lawyer, deputy, rep
- appointeesappointee, nominee, ambassador, cabinet secretary, federal judge
- proxiesproxy, web proxy, surrogate, stand-in, substitute
designeeprincipal
Chief school administrator
delegator · grantor · authorizer · originator · benefactor
- designated driverAbstaining volunteer behind wheel
- fashion designerCreator of clothing lines
- designer labelPrestigious fashion brand
- designer jeansFashionable branded trousers
- graphic designerCreates visual communications
- designer brandsPrestigious fashion house names
designer, designing, designed, redesign, designate, designation, designers, designated, redesigning