deputy

Other forms of deputy

plural

deputies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deputy

What does deputy mean?

deputy means "someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deputy?

deputy has 3 syllables: dep-u-ty. The stress falls on "dep". In IPA it is /ˈdɛpjəti/.

What is another word for deputy?

Close synonyms include deputy sheriff, lieutenant, surrogate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deputy a common word?

deputy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.