De legate is originally a Latin term, which means a messenger or an emissary. The word delegate is its English counterpart, which means to assign responsibilities to someone else or to authorize a person to act on behalf of somebody else. Antonyms for the word delegate include terms like hinder, prevent, stop, halt, and hinder. This means that when someone delegates powers or assignments to another person, they are indirectly preventing, stopping or haulting those powers or assignments from being executed by themselves. Conversely, when someone refuses to delegate powers, they stand in a position to hinder the work of others.