Representative Synonyms and Antonyms

rĕprĭ-zĕntə-tĭv
Characterized by representation by elected delegates
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. democratic
  2. elected
  3. representational
One who is elected to the lower legislative body
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. legislator
  2. example
  3. illustration
  4. instance
  5. congressman
  6. congresswoman
  7. case
  8. assemblyman
  9. assemblywoman
  10. councilman
  11. councilwoman
  12. councilperson
  13. member of congress
  14. member-of-parliament
  15. deputy
  16. councilor
  17. sample
  18. Speaker of the House
  19. specimen
Antonyms:
  1. atypical
Serving to describe
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. delineative
  2. descriptive
  3. graphic
Standing for something else
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. nonrepresentative

Words Related to Representative

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Representative Sentence Examples

  • The decision of the representative of the United States was given in April 1899.

  • In 1848 an assembly representative of the eglises consistoriales met at Paris.

  • The African elephant is a very different animal from its Asiatic cousin, both as regards structure and habits; and were it not for the existence of intermediate extinct species, might well be regarded as the representative of a distinct genus.

  • The sheriff "was the king's representative in all matters judicial, military and financial in the shire.

  • Rivadavia resigned, and Vicente Lopez, a Federalist, was elected to succeed him, but was speedily displaced by Manuel Dorrego (1827), another representative of the same party.

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