What is another word for representative?
Synonyms for representative
ˌrɛp rɪˈzɛn tə tɪvrep·re·sen·ta·tive
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Wiktionary
representativenoun
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reprepresentativenoun
Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger group.
I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
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reprepresentativenoun
A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.
She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
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reprepresentativenoun
One that is taken as typical of its class.
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reprepresentativenoun
A member of the US House of Representatives.
All representatives face re-election every two years.
Synonyms:
rep
English Synonyms and Antonyms
representative
These words agree in designating one who acts in the place of some other or others. The legate is an ecclesiastical officer representing the Pope. In strict usage the deputy or delegate is more limited in functions and more closely bound by instructions than a representative. A single officer may have a deputy; many persons combine to choose a delegate or representative. In the United States informal assemblies send delegates to nominating conventions with no legislative authority; representatives are legally elected to Congress and the various legislatures, with lawmaking power.
Synonyms:
delegate, deputy, legate, proxy, substitute
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
representative
Synonyms:
likeness, personation, semblance, exhibitionrepresentativenoun
Synonyms:
agent, commissioner, proxy, deputy, substitute, embodiment, personation, delegate, vicar, vicegerent, principal, sovereign, constituencyrepresentativeadjective
Synonyms:
figurative, symbolical, delegated to others
Princeton's WordNet
representativenoun
a person who represents others
Synonyms:
interpreter, congresswoman, illustration, voice, example, congressman, spokesperson, instanceAntonyms:
undemocratic, untypical, nonrepresentative, unsymbolic, atypicalspokesperson, interpreter, representative, voicenoun
an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
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congressman, translator, vocalisation, instance, vocalization, vocalism, example, part, voice, articulation, interpretive program, vox, illustration, phonation, congresswoman, interpreter, spokespersonAntonyms:
atypical, unsymbolic, undemocratic, untypical, nonrepresentativecongressman, congresswoman, representativenoun
a member of the United States House of Representatives
Synonyms:
interpreter, congresswoman, illustration, voice, example, congressman, spokesperson, instanceAntonyms:
untypical, atypical, unsymbolic, nonrepresentative, undemocraticexample, illustration, instance, representativeadjective
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
"this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
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congressman, object lesson, good example, instance, lesson, exemplar, case, example, voice, congresswoman, illustration, deterrent example, model, exemplification, interpreter, spokesperson, exerciseAntonyms:
atypical, undemocratic, nonrepresentative, unsymbolic, untypicalrepresentativeadjective
serving to represent or typify
"representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
Antonyms:
nonrepresentative, atypical, untypical, unsymbolic, undemocraticrepresentativeadjective
standing for something else
"the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
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atypical, nonrepresentative, undemocratic, untypical, unsymbolicrepresentativeadjective
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"
Antonyms:
unsymbolic, untypical, undemocratic, atypical, nonrepresentative
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
representativeadjective
Synonyms:
figurative, typical, symbolicalrepresentativeadjective
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delegated, acting for othersrepresentativeadjective
Synonyms:
delegate, deputy, substitute, agent, proxy, LOCUM TENENS
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
representativeadjective
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delegated, vicarious, typical, figurative, symbolical, emblematicrepresentativenoun
Synonyms:
deputy, delegate, vicar, proxy, agent, substitute, vicegerent, surrogate, regent, commissioner, envoy, emissary, ambassador, exponent
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "representative":
representing, representatives, delegate, representation, représentant, representativeness, represent, agent, representante, actress, representational, represented, actor, behalf, delegates, envoy, deputies, rep, representativity, depicting
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
representative
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See Legally acceptable representative
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#207 | part | |
#287 | case | |
#476 | model | |
#583 | example | |
#1252 | voice | |
#1441 | agent | |
#2042 | exercise | |
#2670 | representative | |
#2831 | principal | |
#2965 | instance | |
#2976 | represent | |
#3285 | representatives | |
#3531 | behalf | |
#3875 | representation | |
#3952 | lesson | |
#4177 | commissioner | |
#4209 | represented | |
#4288 | actor | |
#4350 | exhibition | |
#4685 | rep | |
#4880 | deputy | |
#5335 | representing | |
#5837 | proxy | |
#6032 | substitute | |
#7001 | illustration | |
#8008 | actress | |
#9948 | translator | |
#10089 | delegates | |
#11722 | delegate | |
#11827 | interpreter | |
#11966 | sovereign | |
#14884 | congressman | |
#16034 | constituency | |
#16745 | embodiment | |
#18272 | vox | |
#19628 | spokesperson | |
#20207 | envoy | |
#20998 | deputies | |
#21407 | depicting | |
#22523 | articulation | |
#28853 | likeness | |
#29409 | vicar | |
#29450 | figurative | |
#41561 | representational | |
#46391 | exemplar | |
#47547 | semblance | |
#50706 | congresswoman | |
#79764 | representativeness | |
#108759 | vocalization | |
#115251 | legate | |
#139360 | symbolical | |
#143966 | exemplification | |
#185377 | representante | |
#211241 | phonation | |
#274022 | representativity |
How to use representative in a sentence?
Liberty--liberty within the law--and civilization are inseparable, and though both were threatened we find them now secure; and there comes to Americans the profound assurance that our representative government is the highest expression and surest guaranty of both.
Those kinds of cases, they get a lot of attention and it's right that they get a lot of attention because they're really tragic cases, but they aren't representative of what most police shootings are like.
I'm very proud to have a Palestinian-American representative from Michigan in Washington. It's been very difficult for Palestinians to engage in the political process.
Actually having a broker and a buy-side representative sitting at the table voting on plan amendments, I think that's the appropriate structure.
So I think it’s important we get some technical advice from the experts at (the U.S. Trade Representative) on how exactly we’re going to do that… A lot of plastics are petroleum-based. So what’s the methodology there — are we tracing back to bitumen, are we tracing back to sweet crude? “When you say you’re going back to the base raw materials that’s what you’re talking about. So when did the dinosaurs die? And where did they die? And can we claim ownership of that?
Translations for representative
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- ممثلArabic
- poslanec, zástupceCzech
- cynrychiolyddWelsh
- Repräsentant, repräsentativGerman
- πλασιέ, βουλευτήςGreek
- representativo, representanteSpanish
- نمایندهPersian
- edustaja, edustavaFinnish
- délégué, représentatif, mandataire, député, représentant, typiqueFrench
- uiríollaíIrish
- riochdaire, neach-ionaidScottish Gaelic
- נציג, מייצגת, מייצג, נציגהHebrew
- képviselőHungarian
- rappresentante, rappresentativoItalian
- נציגHebrew
- 代表者Japanese
- 대표Korean
- repraesentātīva, repraesentātīvusLatin
- māngaiMāori
- representatief, vertegenwoordigerDutch
- reprezentant, reprezentatywnyPolish
- representante, representativoPortuguese
- reprezentativRomanian
- представительница, характерный, показательный, уполномоченный, делегат, представитель, типичный, [[член]] [[палатаRussian
- poslanikSerbo-Croatian
- representantSwedish
- wajumbeSwahili
- ప్రతినిధిTelugu
- Tiêu biểuVietnamese
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