All deputize synonyms
dep·u·tize
D d verb deputize
- authorize — If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- consign — To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there.
- commission — If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
- delegate — A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting.
- mandate — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- assign — If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
- depute — If you are deputed to do something, someone tells or allows you to do it on their behalf.