DEPUTIZING Synonyms

• the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

• the verbal act of naming

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

• inclined to or serving for the giving of names

• create and charge with a task or function

• assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

• furnish

• appointed but not yet installed in office

• assign a name or title to

• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

• decree or designate beforehand

• design or destine

• of superior grade

• selected or chosen for special qualifications

• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

• act as a substitute

• appoint as a substitute

• transfer power to someone

• appoint as a substitute

• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

• serving or used in place of another

• artificial and inferior

• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

• be a substitute

• act as a substitute