-
nounan item of information that is typical of a class or group
Similar:
type of: -
nounan advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
Similar:
-
nouna member of the United States House of Representatives
Similar:
type of: -
nouna person who represents otherstype of:
-
"representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"adjectivebeing or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives
Similar:
-
"representative moviegoers" "a representative modern play"adjectiveserving to represent or typify
Similar:
-
"the bald eagle is representative of the United States"adjectivestanding for something elseOpposite:
Definition that contains representative
- present formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
- agent any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
- agent a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- mission a group of representatives or delegates
- example a representative form or pattern
- model a representative form or pattern
- council (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
- represent be representative or typical for
- commission a group of representatives or delegates
- sample a small part of something intended as representative of the whole