proxies [prok-see]
Main Entry:
proxy [prok-see]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agent
Synonyms: alternate, ambassador, assignee, attorney, backup, broker, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, executor, intermediary, lawyer, mediary, negotiator, representative, stand-in, substitute, surrogate
Main Entry: alternate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: substitute
Synonyms: backup, double, equivalent, fill-in, proxy, replacement, stand-in, sub, surrogate
Notes: alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things'
Antonyms: necessity
Main Entry: attorney
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lawyer
Synonyms: DA, advocate, ambulance chaser, barrister, counsel, counselor, fixer, front, legal beagle, legal eagle, lip, mouthpiece, pleader, proxy, spieler
Main Entry: commission
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: task, duty
Synonyms: agency, appointment, authority, brevet, certificate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, legation, mandate, mission, obligation, office, permit, power of attorney, proxy, trust, warrant, work
Main Entry: delegate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: representative, often governmental
Synonyms: agent, alternate, ambassador, appointee, catchpole, commissioner, consul, deputy, emissary, envoy, factor, front*, legate, member, member of congress, minister, mouthpiece, nominee, people's choice, pinch hitter, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, rep, replacement, senator, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar, viceroy
Main Entry: deputy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: assistant, agent
Synonyms: aide, ambassador, appointee, assembly member, backup, commissioner, councilor, delegate, dogcatcher, factor, legate, lieutenant, minister, proxy, regent, replacement, representant, representative, second-in-command, sub, subordinate, substitute, surrogate
Antonyms: chief, manager
Main Entry: go-between
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person acting as an agent
Synonyms: arbitrator, attorney, broker, dealer, delegate, deputy, emissary, entrepreneur, envoy, factor, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediator, liaison, marriage broker, matchmaker, mediator, medium, messenger, negotiator, proxy, referee, representative
Main Entry: representative
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who acts in the stead of another
Synonyms: agent, assemblyperson, attorney, commissioner, congressperson, councilor, councilperson, counselor, delegate, deputy, lawyer, legislator, member, messenger, proxy, rep, salesperson, senator, spokesperson
Main Entry: substitute
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: someone or something that takes the place of another
Synonyms: agent, alternate, assistant, auxiliary, backup, changeling, delegate, deputy, dernier ressort, double, dummy, equivalent, expediency, expedient, fill-in, ghost, ghost writer, locum, locum tenens, makeshift, pinch-hitter, procurator, proxy, recourse, refuge, relay, relief, replacement, representative, reserve, resort, resource, stand-in, standby, stopgap, sub, succedaneum, successor, supplanter, supply, surrogate, symbol, temp, temporary, temporary expedient, understudy, vicar
Antonyms: permanent
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