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Defenition of the word representative

    • Defenition of the word representative

      • One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotation.
      • Capturing the overall sense of a thing; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance.
      • An item of information that is representative of a type or class.
      • a member of the US House of Representatives
      • a single item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is a good example on page 10"
      • being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"
      • standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
      • serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
      • a person who represents others
      • an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
      • an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
      • a member of the United States House of Representatives
      • an advocate who represents someone else''s policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
      • an item of information that is typical of a class or group
      • an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
      • being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives
      • standing for something else
      • serving to represent or typify

    Synonyms for the word representative

      • agent
      • ambassador
      • characteristic
      • commissioner
      • congressman
      • congresswoman
      • courier
      • delegate
      • demonstrative
      • deputy
      • descriptive
      • diplomat
      • envoy
      • evocative
      • example
      • expressive
      • illustration
      • illustrative
      • instance
      • interpreter
      • proxy
      • rep
      • sales rep
      • specimen
      • spokesperson
      • substitute
      • symbolic
      • typical
      • voice

    Similar words in the representative

      • allegoric
      • allegorical
      • democratic
      • emblematic
      • emblematical
      • representative
      • representative's
      • representatives
      • symbolic
      • symbolical
      • typical

    Hyponyms for the word representative

      • agent
      • alderman
      • ambassador
      • apology
      • assemblyman
      • assemblywoman
      • bagman
      • case in point
      • chief of state
      • commercial traveler
      • commercial traveller
      • contact
      • delegate
      • emissary
      • envoy
      • exception
      • excuse
      • flack
      • flack catcher
      • flak
      • flak catcher
      • head of state
      • middleman
      • mouth
      • mouthpiece
      • personal representative
      • precedent
      • quintessence
      • rep
      • resident commissioner
      • roadman
      • sample
      • specimen
      • spokesman
      • spokeswoman
      • traveling salesman
      • travelling salesman
      • union representative

    Hypernyms for the word representative

      • advocate
      • advocator
      • exponent
      • information
      • legislator
      • negotiant
      • negotiator
      • proponent
      • treater

    Antonyms for the word representative

      • nonrepresentative
      • unsymbolic

    Idioms for the word representative

      • House of Representatives

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