Synonyms of diplomat

diplomat

noun

as in ambassador

a person sent by a country's government to represent it in a foreign country

They arranged a dinner to welcome the foreign diplomats.

She served as a U.S. diplomat in France for several years.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ambassador
• consul
• diplomatist
• envoy
• ambassadress
• plenipotentiary
• attaché
• emissary
• minister
• legate
• delegate
• foreign minister
• deputy
• proxy
• representative
• nuncio
• procurator
• surrogate
• manager
• replacement
• stand-in
• substitute
• mediator
• peacemaker
• liaison
• pinch hitter
• sub
• alternate
• broker
• conciliator
• distributor
• intermediary
• chargé d'affaires
• arbiter
• arbitrator
• backup
• attorney
• relief
• spokesperson
• intercessor
• understudy
• middleman
• spokesman
• mouthpiece
• speaker
• compradore
• agent
• comprador
• prophet
• rep
• point man
• go-between
• factor
• point person
• interposer
• assignee
• commissary

Examples of diplomat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Advertisement Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and police officials went public this week with allegations that Indian diplomats were targeting Sikh separatists in Canada by sharing information about them with their government back home. —Ashok Sharma, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024

The number of Russian diplomats in Hungary is nearly equal to the total in the other Visegrád countries combined. —Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024

Canada and India expelled top diplomats from each other's countries as a standoff between the two governments over the murder of a prominent Sikh community leader intensified on Monday. —Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024

In response to Canada’s earlier allegations, India told Canada last year to remove 41 of its 62 diplomats in the country. —Rob Gillies, Aijaz Hussain, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024