EMISSARY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EMISSARY?

Need another word that means the same as “emissary”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “emissary” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Emissary” are: envoy, ambassador, diplomat, delegate, attaché, legate, consul, plenipotentiary, minister

Emissary as a Noun

Definitions of "Emissary" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “emissary” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person sent as a diplomatic representative on a special mission.
• Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

Synonyms of "Emissary" as a noun (9 Words)

ambassador	An informal representative. The French ambassador to Portugal.
attaché	A specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission.
consul	An official appointed by a state to live in a foreign city and protect the state’s citizens and interests there. The British consul in Israel.
delegate	A person appointed or elected to represent others. Congress delegates rejected the proposals.
diplomat	A person who can deal with others in a sensitive and tactful way.
envoy	Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. A peace envoy.
legate	A general or governor of an ancient Roman province, or their deputy. A papal legate arrived in France on a peacemaking mission.
minister	The job of a head of a government department. The Angels are ministers of the Divine Will.
plenipotentiary	A person, especially a diplomat, invested with the full power of independent action on behalf of their government, typically in a foreign country.

Associations of "Emissary" (30 Words)

abroad	Foreign countries considered collectively. Millions of seeds are annually scattered abroad.
ambassador	An accredited diplomat sent by a state as its permanent representative in a foreign country. He is a good ambassador for the industry.
bargaining	The negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement.
colony	A group of people living in a colony consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors. A nudist colony.
commission	A work produced in response to a commission. The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1945.
compromise	Make a compromise arrive at a compromise. The secret of a happy marriage is compromise.
concord	Arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance. Both philosophers concord on this point.
consul	A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country. The British consul in Israel.
consulate	The period of office of a Roman consul. He called at the consulate in Palestine to pick up a visa.
declaration	A formal public statement. The declaration of war.
devolution	The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government. The devolution of the gentlemanly ideal into a glorification of drunkenness.
diplomat	A person who deals tactfully with others.
diplomatic	Of or concerning diplomacy. The hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject.
embassy	The staff working in an embassy. Worsley failed to be selected to join the embassy to Sweden.
envoy	A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry. A peace envoy.
foreign	Dealing with or relating to other countries. Foreign currency.
mediate	Connected indirectly through another person or thing involving an intermediate agency. Structures which mediate gender divisions.
messenger	Send a document or package by messenger. Nitric oxide is an intercellular messenger.
nation	The people who live in a nation or country. The Shawnee nation.
negotiate	Find a way over or through (an obstacle or difficult route. He negotiated a new contract with the sellers.
official	A person holding public office or having official duties especially as a representative of an organization or government department. The golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling.
pacification	The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined. A wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants.
peace	A treaty agreeing peace between warring states. The Straits were to be open to warships in time of peace.
plenipotentiary	A diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government. He went armed with plenipotentiary powers to take whatever measures he felt necessary.
rapprochement	The reestablishing of cordial relations. There were signs of a growing rapprochement between the two countries.
reconcilable	Capable of being reconciled. The theory was quite reconcilable with industrialization.
reconciliation	The reestablishing of cordial relations. The reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement.
representative	Of a government or political system based on elected or chosen representatives. A representative modern play.
settlement	The property given under a settlement. Inheritance tax could be due if you make a substantial gift or settlement and then die within the following seven years.
sinologist	A student of Chinese history and language and culture.