Synonyms of envoys

envoys

noun

plural of envoy

1

as in ambassadors

a person sent on a mission to represent another

the president sent the secretary of state as his personal envoy to gain the support of the country's allies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ambassadors
• delegates
• representatives
• ministers
• diplomats
• emissaries
• agents
• legates
• consuls
• missionaries
• deputies
• attachés
• nuncios
• procurators
• messengers
• proxies
• apostles
• foreign ministers
• legations
• evangelists
• detachments
• deputations
• ambassadresses
• couriers
• spokespeople
• chargés d'affaires
• mouthpieces

2

as in delegates

a person who acts or does business for another

one of the students was chosen as the club's envoy in meetings with the principal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delegates
• representatives
• deputies
• agents
• ministers
• attorneys
• ambassadors
• managers
• proxies
• diplomats
• procurators
• commissaries
• assignees
• reps
• factors
• plenipotentiaries
• spokesmen
• diplomatists
• emissaries
• legates
• surrogates
• distributors
• spies
• foreign ministers
• replacements
• operatives
• speakers
• liaisons
• substitutes
• informers
• alternates
• mediators
• arbitrators
• intermediaries
• conciliators
• brokers
• subs
• peacemakers
• arbiters
• prophets
• spokespeople
• intercessors
• pinch hitters
• understudies
• backups
• middlemen
• reliefs
• stand-ins
• mouthpieces
• point men
• go-betweens
• compradors
• point people
• interposers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of envoys

Unlike most Western democracies in which citizens abroad can mail in a ballot, Israel doesn’t allow absentee voting; only diplomats and official envoys can vote from outside the country. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Iroquois envoys regularly visited colonists, both to size up their ambitious rivals and to give advice on how to survive on an American continent where Native American culture dominated. — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026

As Washington dispatches envoys and Ukraine hits a key Russian Black Sea naval base, both sides dig in for a grinding war that Zelensky warns must bring real consequences for Moscow. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Washington envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff visited Moscow and Kyiv for separate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelenskyy at the weekend. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

The envoys held extensive conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow the day before. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026

Oleksandr Pastukhov, a 27-year-old video editor who joined the commemoration, was skeptical that the envoys’ visit would change anything. — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

Kushner said the two envoys hoped to revive trilateral talks involving Russia and Ukraine directly, a format last used roughly six months earlier, and said that Washington remained in near-daily contact with Ukrainian officials even between visits. — Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Their trip comes after months of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's pleas for the envoys to visit. — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026