representative

Meanings

Noun

• a person who represents others
• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
• a member of the United States House of Representatives
• an item of information that is typical of a class or group

Adjective Satellite

• serving to represent or typify
  • "representative moviegoers"
  • "a representative modern play"
• being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives
  • "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"

Adjective

• standing for something else
  • "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"

Synonyms

congressman, congresswoman, example, illustration, instance, interpreter, spokesperson, voice

Antonyms

nonrepresentative