deputize

deputize is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.
2. verb. appoint as a substitute

   Synonyms: depute, deputise

3. verb. act as a substitute

   "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

   Synonyms: deputise, substitute

Synonyms

depute, deputise, substitute

Common word forms

deputized, deputizes, deputizing

Words from these letters

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