Deputy

//ˈdɛpjəti//

Synonyms for "deputy" (236 found)

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Related terms

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4 entries

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Translations

186 translations across 68 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • zëvendës noun (representative)
  • zëvendëse noun (representative)

Arabic

2 entries
  • نَائِب noun (representative)
  • نَائِبَة noun (representative)

Armenian

2 entries
  • պատգամավոր noun (representative)
  • պատգամավոր noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Asturian

1 entries
  • deputáu noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • deputat noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • müavin noun (representative)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • дэпута́т noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • дэпута́тка noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • наме́снік noun (representative)
  • наме́сніца noun (representative)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • депута́т noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • депута́тка noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • заме́стник noun (representative)
  • представи́тел noun (representative)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 代理人 noun (representative)
  • 代表 noun (representative)
  • 議員 /议员 noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 代理人 noun (representative)
  • 代表 noun (representative)
  • 議員 /议员 noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Czech

4 entries
  • náměstek noun (representative)
  • náměstkyně noun (representative)
  • zástupce noun (representative)
  • zástupkyně noun (representative)

Danish

4 entries
  • deputeret noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • næst noun (representative)
  • stedfortræder noun (representative)
  • vice noun (representative)

Dutch

2 entries
  • vertegenwoordiger noun (representative)
  • vertegenwoordigster noun (representative)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • deputato noun (representative)
  • deputato noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Estonian

1 entries
  • esindaja noun (representative)

Faroese

2 entries
  • umboð noun (representative)
  • varamaður noun (representative)

Finnish

4 entries
  • edustaja noun (representative)
  • edustaja noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • sijainen noun (representative)
  • varajäsen noun (representative)

French

4 entries
  • adjoint noun (representative)
  • adjointe noun (representative)
  • délégué noun (representative)
  • député noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Galician

3 entries
  • deputado noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • maneiro noun (representative)
  • vigairo noun (representative)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დეპუტატი noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • მოადგილე noun (representative)

German

4 entries
  • Abgeordnete noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • Abgeordneter noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • Deputierte noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • Deputierter noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Greek

3 entries
  • αναπληρωτής noun (representative)
  • αναπληρώτρια noun (representative)
  • βουλευτής noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • નાયબ noun (representative)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • סְגָנִית noun (representative)
  • סֶגֶן noun (representative)

Hindi

3 entries
  • डिप्टी noun (representative)
  • नाइब noun (representative)
  • नायब noun (representative)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • helyettes noun (representative)
  • képviselő noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • képviselőház tagja noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • megbízott noun (representative)

Ido

3 entries
  • adyunto noun (representative)
  • deputato noun (representative)
  • deputato noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • deputi noun (representative)
  • wakil rakyat noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • جانِشین noun (representative)
  • مُعاوِن noun (representative)
  • نایِب noun (representative)

Irish

1 entries
  • teachta noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Italian

4 entries
  • delegata noun (representative)
  • delegato noun (representative)
  • deputata noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • deputato noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 代理 noun (representative)
  • 代理人 noun (representative)
  • 代議士 noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • депутат noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • орынбасар noun (representative)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ជំនួស noun (representative)
  • បាឡាត់ noun (representative)
  • ភូឈួយ noun (representative)

Korean

3 entries
  • 대리인 noun (representative)
  • 대리자 noun (representative)
  • 의원 noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • депутат noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • орунбасар noun (representative)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຜູ້ຮອງ noun (representative)
  • ຜູ້ແທນ noun (representative)

Latin

1 entries
  • lēgātus noun (representative)

Latvian

3 entries
  • deputāts noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • vietniece noun (representative)
  • vietnieks noun (representative)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • deputatas noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • pavaduotoja noun (representative)
  • pavaduotojas noun (representative)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • заменик noun (representative)
  • заменичка noun (representative)

Manx

1 entries
  • fo-reiltagh noun (representative)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • ალმახვენჯი noun (representative)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • орлогч noun (representative)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaitiriwā noun (representative)
  • tēputi noun (representative)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • wakala noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • nestleder noun (representative)

Pashto

2 entries
  • معاون noun (representative)
  • ډپتي noun (representative)

Polish

2 entries
  • zastępca noun (representative)
  • zastępczyni noun (representative)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • deputado noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • representante noun (representative)

Romanian

4 entries
  • delegat noun (representative)
  • delegată noun (representative)
  • deputat noun (representative)
  • deputat noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)

Russian

4 entries
  • депута́т noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • замести́тель noun (representative)
  • замести́тельница noun (representative)
  • представи́тель noun (representative)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • zȃmenica noun (representative)
  • zȃmenīk noun (representative)
  • zȃmjenica noun (representative)
  • zȃmjenīk noun (representative)

Slovak

4 entries
  • námestkyňa noun (representative)
  • námestník noun (representative)
  • zástupca noun (representative)
  • zástupkyňa noun (representative)

Slovene

2 entries
  • namestnica noun (representative)
  • namestnik noun (representative)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • ордынчы noun (representative)

Spanish

4 entries
  • adjunto noun (representative)
  • delegado noun (representative)
  • diputado noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • representante noun (representative)

Swahili

1 entries
  • naibu noun (representative)

Swedish

2 entries
  • biträdande noun (representative)
  • vice noun (representative)

Tajik

3 entries
  • муовин noun (representative)
  • ноиб noun (representative)
  • ҷонишин noun (representative)

Tatar

1 entries
  • урынбасар noun (representative)

Thai

4 entries
  • ตัวแทน noun (representative)
  • ปลัด noun (representative)
  • ผู้รักษาการแทน noun (representative)
  • ผู้แทน noun (representative)

Turkish

3 entries
  • mebus noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • milletvekili noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • muavin noun (representative)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • orunbasar noun (representative)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • депута́т noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • депута́тка noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • засту́пник noun (representative)
  • засту́пниця noun (representative)

Urdu

2 entries
  • نائِب noun (representative)
  • ڈِپْٹی noun (representative)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مۇئاۋىن noun (representative)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • deputat noun (member of parliament — see also legislator, Member of Parliament)
  • muovin noun (representative)
  • oʻrinbosar noun (representative)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phó noun (representative)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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He will be my deputy while I am away.

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He appointed John to act as his deputy.

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He attended the meeting as deputy president.

Source: tatoeba (290610)

Liu Manqiang, deputy director of the Chinese Research Centre and College for Social Sciences and Information Technology, says "Information and communication technology has the potential for a huge increase in value; an important goal for the development of China's information technology is allowing more rural citizens to benefit from the information technology industry."

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