PROXY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈpräk-sē

Definition of proxy

as in delegate

a person who acts or does business for another sent a proxy to the meeting to cast his vote for him

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adjective

as in makeshift

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Recent Examples of proxy

Noun

Proton Mail, acting as a proxy, requests the image and caches it on its own servers. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026 Is the collective pronoun meant to be a proxy for her private and public selves? — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Adjective

And the Houthis, Iran’s Yemeni proxy terror group, attacked another Saudi ship in the Bab al-Mandeb this morning, their eighth strike on Saudi ships so far. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 Saudi Arabia and its five Gulf Cooperation Council allies in the region have been attacked dozens of times by Iran and its proxy groups during the war. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for proxy

Recent Examples of Synonyms for proxy

Noun

This came before Nataraja played delegates the trailer of The Great British Bake Off‘s seventeenth season, which is due to launch in coming weeks.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
But the process falls apart when a company has to scale up, delegate, or is mostly remote.

— K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of delegate

Adjective

One day, Parton fashioned a makeshift microphone by putting a tobacco stick into the ground and placing a tin can on top, performing a show of her own.

— Shima Oliaee, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
The trailer contained a makeshift toilet fashioned from an upside-down plastic bucket, a trash bag and a toilet seat, according to prosecutors.

— Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of makeshift

Noun

Hutton said Calumet College regularly sends representatives to the school to monitor it, including its governance system and academic programs.

— Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Fifty-one contestants — one representative from each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia — vied for the crown.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of representative

Adjective

The current wait-and-see injury list includes receiver Burden (hamstring), running back Kyle Monangai (knee), cornerback Tyrique Stevenson (undisclosed) and backup quarterback Tyson Bagent (hamstring).

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
This unit would benefit from a backup nose tackle like Fatorma Mulbah stepping up.

— Omar Kelly August 25, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of backup

Noun

Rogue OpenAI agents’ unprecedented coordination during the Hugging Face attack significantly increases the risk of AI escaping human control, analysts said, days after investigators released a bombshell report into the incident.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 Aug. 2026
This was followed by the creation of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) on July 22 to handle espionage and resistance agents, and the first raids were already being carried out.

— David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of agent

Adjective

Applicants will have to register with the secretary of state, document a threat within the past year and receive a substitute address that government agencies must generally accept.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
The bill would provide participants in the program with a substitute address, shielding their personal information and rerouting their mail through the Secretary of State.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of substitute

Noun

Prince was able to free the ATV and accelerated toward the deputy, striking him and knocking him to the ground.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026
Hubble and Webb both have coronagraphs, but Roman’s experimental instrument is 100 to 1,000 times better than any built before, said Bertrand Mennesson, Roman deputy project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of deputy

Adjective

The Labor Department’s unemployment rate has been declining in recent months, reversing last year’s uptick, but an alternate measure tells a different story.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
The quality of the animation is unparalleled, as is the care that went into creating its alternate version of 1940s Hollywood.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

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