representative
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who represents others
Types & categories
- negotiator hypernym
- agent hyponym
- alderman hyponym
- assemblyman hyponym
- assemblywoman hyponym
- middleman hyponym
- delegate hyponym
- emissary hyponym
- head of state hyponym
- personal representative hyponym
- resident commissioner hyponym
- union representative hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
serving to represent or typify
representative moviegoers
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
Types & categories
- exponent hypernym
- ambassador hyponym
- flak hyponym
- mouthpiece hyponym
- spokesman hyponym
- spokeswoman hyponym
- bagman hyponym
Sense 4 adjective
standing for something else
the bald eagle is representative of the United States
Related & opposite
- nonrepresentative antonym
- stand for derivation
- represent derivation
- allegorical similar to
- emblematic similar to
Sense 5 noun
a member of the United States House of Representatives
Types & categories
- legislator hypernym
- rep hyponym
Sense 6 adjective
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
Related & opposite
- represent derivation
- democratic similar to
Sense 7 noun
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
Types & categories
- information hypernym
- apology hyponym
- exception hyponym
- precedent hyponym
- quintessence hyponym
- sample hyponym
- specimen hyponym
Related & opposite
- instance derivation
- instantiate derivation
- instantiate derivation
- exemplify derivation
- typic derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | negotiator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | agent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alderman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assemblyman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assemblywoman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | middleman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | delegate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emissary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | head of state |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | personal representative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | resident commissioner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | union representative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | represent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | typical |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | exponent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ambassador |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | flak |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mouthpiece |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spokesman |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spokeswoman |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bagman |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonrepresentative |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stand for |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | represent |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | allegorical |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | emblematic |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | legislator |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rep |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | represent |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | democratic |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | instance |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | instantiate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | instantiate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | exemplify |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | typic |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | information |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | apology |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | exception |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | precedent |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | quintessence |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | sample |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | specimen |