designees
Those formally selected
Designees are people who have been designated—officially named or appointed to a role, task, or position.
The term appears most often in legal, bureaucratic, and corporate contexts: The policy applies to employees and their designees.
A designee receives authority or responsibility from someone else: Send the documents to the executor or her designee.
People assigned to positions
- representativesThose acting for others
- agentsThose who act for others
- proxiesAuthorized stand-ins
- assignsDesignates for a purpose
nominees · delegates · deputies · surrogates · fiduciaries · trustees · executors · administrators
Those who inherit
- inheritorsThose who receive legacies
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
- legateesRecipients of bequests
- deviseesRecipients of bequeathed property
recipients · successors · grantees · assignees · payees · transferees
Those proposed for selection
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- selecteesPersons officially chosen
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
- finalistsLast competitors standing
contenders · shortlisted · aspirants · hopefuls · picks · choices · selections · proposed
Official diplomatic representatives
- envoysOfficial diplomatic representatives
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- consulsDiplomatic officials abroad
- legatesOfficial papal envoys
diplomats · attachés · commissioners · representatives · liaisons · mediators · negotiators · delegates
appointees
People assigned to positions
- representativesThose acting for others
- agentsThose who act for others
- proxiesAuthorized stand-ins
assigns · nominees · delegates · deputies · surrogates · fiduciaries · trustees · executors · administrators · stewards
heirs
Those who inherit
- inheritorsThose who receive legacies
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
- legateesRecipients of bequests
devisees · recipients · successors · grantees · assignees · payees · transferees
nominees
Those proposed for selection
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- selecteesPersons officially chosen
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
finalists · contenders · shortlisted · aspirants · hopefuls · picks · choices · selections · proposed · slated
ambassadors
Official diplomatic representatives
- envoysOfficial diplomatic representatives
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- consulsDiplomatic officials abroad
legates · diplomats · attachés · commissioners · representatives · liaisons · mediators · negotiators · delegates
designeesdesignators
Terms that specify something
nominators · selectors · choosers · principals · grantors