Representative

Adjective

 * 1) Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger group.
 * Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
 * If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. &mdash; Texas State Senator Carl Parker.

Noun

 * 1) One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.
 * I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
 * 1) 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.
 * 1) One that is taken as typical of a body of individuals.
 * 2) 🇺🇸 A member of the US House of Representatives.
 * All representatives face re-election every two years.
 * 1)  A designated member of an equivalence class.
 * We usually choose 0 and 1 as representatives of the even and odd numbers.

Synonyms

 * rep
 * See also Thesaurus:deputy

Related terms

 * House of Representatives
 * represent
 * representative body
 * Member of Parliament

Adjectives for Representative
dwarfed; local-minded; fitting; dazzling; mentionable; assembled (pi); accredited: prominent; cold; correct; tremulous; striking; exemplary; placement; shy; awkward; authorized; diplomatic; surviving; lineal; avowed; arrogant; cold-brained; brilliant; fraudulent; traveling.

Verbs for Representative
accredit—; apportion—s; antagonize—; delegate—; interchange—s; obligate—; replace —; —bandies; —calls; —commutes; —in¬troduces; —offers; —reciprocates; —redeems; —retaliates; —serves; —solicits; — supersedes; —supplants.

Adverbs for Representative
typically; truly; fairly; justly; altogether; fficially; authoritatively; adequately; satisfactorily; substantially; diplomatically; tolerably; unfairly; scarcely; hardly; entirely; accurately; concisely; legally; uncommonly; warrantably; specifically; appropriately; singularly; functionally; appointively.

Thesaurus
MP, Member of Congress, Member of Parliament, acting, advocate, agent, alderman, alter ego, alternate, alternative, ambassador, amicus curiae, analogy, antetype, antitype, apish, archetypal, archetype, assemblyman, attorney, backup, backup man, badge, banner, biotype, case, case history, case in point, catchpole, champion, change, changeling, character, characteristic, chosen, chosen freeholder, city father, classic, classic example, classical, commissioner, comparison, congressman, congresswoman, connotative, copy, councilman, counterfeit, criterion, cross section, delegate, delineative, delineatory, democratic, demonstration, demonstrative, denominative, denotative, depictive, deputative, deputy, descriptive, designative, device, diagnostic, differentia, double, dummy, earmark, echoic, elected, emblem, emblematic, embodiment, embodying, emissary, envoy, epitome, equal, equivalent, ersatz, evidential, evocative, example, exchange, executive officer, exemplar, exemplary, exemplification, exhibitive, explanation, exponent, expositive, expressive, faithful, fake, figural, figurative, figurehead, fill-in, floor leader, fugleman, fugler, genotype, ghost, ghostwriter, graphic, hallmark, ideal, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic, illustration, illustrational, illustrative, image, imitatee, imitation, imitative, implicative, incarnating, index, indicant, indicating, indicative, indicator, indicatory, individual, insignia, instance, keynote, lawgiver, lawmaker, lead, legate, legislator, lieutenant, lifelike, limning, locum, locum tenens, majority leader, makeshift, mark, meaningful, measure, metaphor, metaphorical, metonymy, mimetic, mimish, minority leader, mirror, missionary, model, naming, naturalistic, next best thing, note, object lesson, onomatopoeic, original, paradigm, paradigmatic, paranymph, party whip, pathognomonic, pattern, peculiar, peculiarity, personifying, personnel, phony, pictographic, pictorial, picture, pinch hitter, pleader, portraying, precedent, precedential, procurator, property, prototypal, prototype, proxy, quintessential, realistic, relevant instance, relief, rep, replacement, representation, representational, representing, reserves, ringer, rule, sample, sampling, seal, second in command, second string, secondary, semantic, semiotic, senator, sigil, sign, signal, signalizing, signature, significant, significative, signifying, simulative, solon, spares, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, stamp, stand-in, standard, state senator, sub, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, suggestive, superseder, supplanter, sure sign, surrogate, symbol, symbolic, symbolistic, symbolizing, symbological, symptom, symptomatic, symptomatologic, synecdoche, telltale sign, third string, token, trait, true to life, type, type species, type specimen, typical, typical example, typification, typifying, understudy, urtext, utility man, utility player, vicar, vicar general, vice, vice-president, vice-regent, vicegerent, vivid, well-drawn, whip

Etymology
From representatif.

Adjective

 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מייצג, מייצגת ,
 * Polish: reprezentatywny


 * Romanian: reprezentativ
 * Russian: показательный,, типичный
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: wajumbe

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 代表 (dàibiǎo)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Repräsentant
 * Hebrew: נציג, נציגה
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 代表者 (daihyōsha)


 * Korean: 대표 (daepyo)
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: представитель (predstavítel’), делегат, уполномоченный
 * Scottish Gaelic: riochdaire
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: wajumbe
 * Swedish: representant
 * Telugu: ప్రతినిధి (pratinidhi)
 * Welsh: cynrychiolydd


 * Croatian: poslanik
 * Czech:
 * Greek: βουλευτής


 * Russian: член палаты представителей
 * Swahili: wajumbe