Synonyms for representative
ˌrɛp rɪˈzɛn tə tɪvrep·re·sen·ta·tive

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1. representativenoun

   Synonyms:
   rep

2. representativenoun

   Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger group.

   I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.

   Synonyms:
   rep

3. representativenoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   rep

4. representativenoun

   One that is taken as typical of its class.

   Synonyms:
   rep

5. representativenoun

   A member of the US House of Representatives.

   All representatives face re-election every two years.

   Synonyms:
   rep

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1. 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

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1. representative

   Synonyms:
   likeness, personation, semblance, exhibition

2. representativenoun

   Synonyms:
   agent, commissioner, proxy, deputy, substitute, embodiment, personation, delegate, vicar, vicegerent, principal, sovereign, constituency

   Antonyms:
   autocrat, dictator

3. representativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   figurative, symbolical, delegated to others

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. representativenoun

   a person who represents others

   Synonyms:
   interpreter, congresswoman, illustration, voice, example, congressman, spokesperson, instance

   Antonyms:
   undemocratic, untypical, nonrepresentative, unsymbolic, atypical

2. spokesperson, 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"

   Synonyms:
   congressman, translator, vocalisation, instance, vocalization, vocalism, example, part, voice, articulation, interpretive program, vox, illustration, phonation, congresswoman, interpreter, spokesperson

   Antonyms:
   atypical, unsymbolic, undemocratic, untypical, nonrepresentative

3. congressman, congresswoman, representativenoun

   a member of the United States House of Representatives

   Synonyms:
   interpreter, congresswoman, illustration, voice, example, congressman, spokesperson, instance

   Antonyms:
   untypical, atypical, unsymbolic, nonrepresentative, undemocratic

4. example, 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"

   Synonyms:
   congressman, object lesson, good example, instance, lesson, exemplar, case, example, voice, congresswoman, illustration, deterrent example, model, exemplification, interpreter, spokesperson, exercise

   Antonyms:
   atypical, undemocratic, nonrepresentative, unsymbolic, untypical

5. representativeadjective

   serving to represent or typify

   "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"

   Antonyms:
   nonrepresentative, atypical, untypical, unsymbolic, undemocratic

6. representativeadjective

   standing for something else

   "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"

   Antonyms:
   atypical, nonrepresentative, undemocratic, untypical, unsymbolic

7. representativeadjective

   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

1. • Advocate
   • Legislator
   • Negotiator

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1. representativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   figurative, typical, symbolical

2. representativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   delegated, acting for others

3. representativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   delegate, deputy, substitute, agent, proxy, LOCUM TENENS

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1. representativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   delegated, vicarious, typical, figurative, symbolical, emblematic

2. representativenoun

   Synonyms:
   deputy, delegate, vicar, proxy, agent, substitute, vicegerent, surrogate, regent, commissioner, envoy, emissary, ambassador, exponent

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1. 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, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. representative

   Synonyms:
   See Legally acceptable representative
   

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1. Def Con founder Jeff Moss:

   I think the record presence of both representative and administration reflect the reality that technology and security are built into Def Con organizers society, we are trying to breakdown the barriers between the people in tech who know what they're doing and the people in Congress who know how to take that knowledge to make laws.

2. Eric Swalwell:

   This was not a heated passion crime. This didn't happen spontaneouslywith words just slipping out Donald Trump's mouth at that rally. For months he had propagated this big lie to radicalize these terrorists [and] to call ... thecalvary to Washington, and he called it 'stop the steal,' and if you're not an elected representative, the only way that you can stop the stealis by taking a physical act. He told them, don't show weakness, you will lose your country if you don't fight.

3. Flavio Volpe:

   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?

4. Shabazz Alvarado:

   You can be Latino and Black and that doesn't take away from one or the other, and they shouldn't have to make you choose between one or the other, you can be both because they're both representative of who you are as a human being.

5. Lewis Lapham:

   The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American.