Synonyms for representative
- noun
- adjective
Most common
example case in point exemplar illustration spokesperson voice agent
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Example
example, case in point, exemplar, illustration, instance, epitome, exponent, paradigm
2. Spokesperson
3. Agent
agent, deputy, rep informal, envoy, ambassador, attorney, delegate, commissioner, vicar, minister formal, emissary, surrogate, substitute, proxy, procurator, legate, vicegerent
Other
symbol, representer rare
Adjective
emblematic, democratic, typical, symbolic, symbolical, characteristic, figurative, representive rare, emblematical rare, presentative dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A delegate. Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
- n. 2
A delegate. One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity.
I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
- n. 3
A delegate. An heir.
- adj. 1
Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore.
Forms
- Plural
- representatives → examples, exemplars, illustrations, instances…
Choose the right word
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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- agent I know that Tom isn't a real estate agent anymore.
By length
- 3 letters
- rep1
- 5 letters
- voice1, agent2, proxy2, envoy2, vicar2
- 6 letters
- deputy3, symbol2, legate2
- 7 letters
- example3, typical3, epitome4
- 8 letters
- minister3, attorney3, instance2, symbolic3, delegate3, paradigm3, exponent3, emissary4, exemplar3
- 9 letters
- surrogate3
- 10 letters
- democratic4, ambassador4, substitute3, figurative4, emblematic4, procurator, symbolical, vicegerent
- 11 letters
- interpreter4, representer
- 12 letters
- commissioner4, illustration4, spokesperson3, representive, emblematical, presentative
- 14 letters
- characteristic5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agent2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- représentant
- Deutsch
- Vertreter
- Català
- representant