English adjective: representative | |||
1. | representative serving to represent or typify | ||
Samples | Representative moviegoers. A representative modern play. | ||
Similar | typical | ||
Antonyms | atypical, untypical | ||
2. | representative standing for something else | ||
Samples | The bald eagle is representative of the United States. | ||
Similar | allegoric, allegorical, emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical | ||
Antonyms | nonrepresentative, unsymbolic | ||
3. | representative being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives | ||
Samples | Representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people. | ||
Similar | democratic | ||
Antonyms | undemocratic | ||
English noun: representative | |||
1. | representative (person) a person who represents others | ||
Broader (hypernym) | negotiant, negotiator, treater | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | agent, alderman, assemblyman, assemblywoman, chief of state, contact, delegate, emissary, envoy, head of state, middleman, personal representative, resident commissioner, union representative | ||
2. | representative (person) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | ||
Samples | The meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government. | ||
Synonyms | interpreter, spokesperson, voice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ambassador, bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, flack, flack catcher, flak, flak catcher, mouth, mouthpiece, roadman, spokesman, spokeswoman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman | ||
3. | representative (person) a member of the United States House of Representatives | ||
Synonyms | congressman, congresswoman | ||
Broader (hypernym) | legislator | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | rep | ||
4. | representative (cognition) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | ||
Samples | This patient provides a typical example of the syndrome. There is an example on page 10. | ||
Synonyms | example, illustration, instance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | information | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | apology, case in point, exception, excuse, precedent, quintessence, sample, specimen | ||