representative

Plural: representatives

Noun

• a person who represents others
• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
• a member of the United States House of Representatives
• an item of information that is typical of a class or group
• A delegate.
• Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
• A delegate.
• One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity.
• A delegate.
• An heir.
• A delegate.
• Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives.
• A delegate.
• A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.
• Something standing for something else.
• Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment.
• Something standing for something else.
• A member of a particular class.
• Something standing for something else.
• A member of a particular class.
• Something (especially a living organism) regarded as typical of its class; a type.
• Something standing for something else.
• A member of a particular class.
• A consistent choice of element from an equivalence class, used to identify it.
• Something standing for something else.
• A substitute or analogue.

Adjective Satellite

• serving to represent or typify
  • "representative moviegoers"
  • "a representative modern play"
• 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"

Adjective

• standing for something else
  • "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"

Adj

• Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
• Representing, showing a likeness.

Examples

• All representatives face re-election every two years.
• Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
• I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
• She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
• the representative faculty of the human imagination

Synonyms

congressman, congresswoman, example, illustration, instance, interpreter, spokesperson, voice, rep

Antonyms

nonrepresentative

Related Words

Member of Parliament, represent

Anagrams of representative