Delegate and Spy

Delegate

Delegate noun - A person who acts or does business for another.
Usage example: the real estate developer sent a delegate to the town meeting to represent his interests

Spy and delegate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spy" instead a noun "Delegate".

Spy

Spy noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.
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Synonyms for Spy

Delegate and spy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Delegate" instead a noun "Spy".

Nearby Word: spying

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

male male delegate male spy
new new delegate new spy
chief chief delegate chief spy
foreign foreign delegate foreign spy
Other adjectives: soviet.

Common collocations

way delegate way spy way
women delegate women spy women
enemies delegate enemies spy enemies
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