representative
Meaning of representative
adjective
- typical of a class, group, or body of opinion.
Churchill was not properly representative of influential opinion in Britain
- (of a legislative assembly or deliberative body) consisting of people chosen to act and speak on behalf of a wider group.
there was no representative body to fight for cricketers until 1968
- serving as a portrayal or symbol of something.
the show would be more representative of how women really are
- relating to mental representation.
- a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others.
the Duke of Gloucester would attend the coronation as the representative of his father, King George V
- an example of a class or group.
fossil representatives of lampreys and hagfishes
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Hyphenation of representative
rep-re-sen-ta-tive
- It consists of 5 syllables and 14 chars.
- representative is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
representative synonyms
Meaning spokesperson:
spokesperson, interpreter, voice
Meaning congressman:
Meaning example:
example, illustration, instance
Meaning having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing:
Meaning denoting the first, original, or typical form of something:
Meaning typical of a particular person, place, or thing:
Meaning serving as an example or explanation:
Meaning serving as a sign or indication of something:
Meaning very typical of a certain kind of person or thing:
Meaning serving as a typical example of something:
Meaning serving as a desirable model; very good:
Meaning serving as a symbol:
Meaning serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic:
Meaning bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind:
Meaning a person who makes statements on behalf of a group or individual:
Meaning a woman who makes statements on behalf of a group or individual:
Meaning a person who acts on behalf of another person or group:
Meaning a holder of a public, civil, or ecclesiastical office:
Meaning a person holding public office or having official duties, especially as a representative of an organization or government department:
Meaning a person or organization who speaks on behalf of another person or organization:
Meaning the lead singer of a pop or rock group:
Meaning a person who is appointed to undertake the duties of a superior in the superior's absence:
Meaning a person or thing acting or serving in place of another:
Meaning the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting:
Meaning a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office:
Meaning an individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc. used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display:
Meaning a person or thing serving as a typical example or appropriate model:
Meaning a category of people or things having common characteristics:
Meaning an original which has been imitated; a prototype:
representative antonyms
Meaning not representative of a type, group, or class:
Meaning not typical of a class, group, or body of opinion:
Translation of representative
- Spanish: apoderado, apoderada, representante, típica, típico, representativo, representativa, ejemplo
- French: représentant, typique, exemple, illustration, instance
- Italian: rappresentante, delegato, tipico, esempio, istanza
- German: Repräsentant, Beispiel
- Portuguese: representante, típico
Words that rhyme with representative
Conservative, Native, Perative, Representative, abdicative, aberrative, abirritative, ablative, abnegative, abrogative, accelerative, accommodative, acculturative, accumulative, accusative, acervative, acetylative, aconative, acurative, adaptative, adequative, adjudicative, administrative, admirative, adoptative, adumbrative, adversative, advocative, affiliative, affinitative, affirmative, afformative, affricative, agglomerative, agglutinative, aggravative, aggregative, agitative, albificative, alimentative, allative, alleviative, alliterative, alterative, altercative, alternative, amalgamative, amative, ambulative, ameliorative
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