Representative

//ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt(ət)ɪv//

Synonyms for "representative" (297 found)

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Closest matches (60)

Noun(1 words)
daddy

Strong matches (89)

Related words (148)

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Adjective(1 words)
presentative

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11 relation types

More general

9 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

2 entries

capable of

2 entries

derived

22 entries

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distinct from

1 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

2 entries

related to

20 entries

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similar

12 entries

Translations

277 translations across 84 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • përfaqësues noun (one who speaks for another)
  • përfaqësuese noun (one who speaks for another)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • προαιρετός noun (one who speaks for another)

Arabic

4 entries
  • مُمَثِّل noun (one who speaks for another)
  • مُمَثِّلَة noun (one who speaks for another)
  • وَكِيل noun (one who speaks for another)
  • وَكِيلَة noun (one who speaks for another)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ներկայացուցիչ noun (one who speaks for another)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • müvəkkil noun (one who speaks for another)
  • nümayəndə noun (one who speaks for another)
  • vəkil noun (one who speaks for another)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • вәкил noun (one who speaks for another)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • прадстаўні́к noun (one who speaks for another)
  • прадстаўні́ца noun (one who speaks for another)

Bengali

1 entries
  • প্রতিনিধি noun (one who speaks for another)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • предста́вителен adj (typical)
  • делега́т noun (representative of a constituency)
  • делега́тка noun (representative of a constituency)
  • предста́вител noun (one who speaks for another)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကိုယ်စားလှယ် noun (one who speaks for another)

Catalan

3 entries
  • representant adj (typical)
  • representatiu adj (typical)
  • representant noun (member of the House of Representatives)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • نوێنەر noun (one who speaks for another)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 代表 noun (one who speaks for another)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 代表 noun (one who speaks for another)
  • 眾議員 /众议员 noun (member of the House of Representatives)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • vekil noun (one who speaks for another)

Czech

4 entries
  • poslanec noun (member of the House of Representatives)
  • poslankyně noun (member of the House of Representatives)
  • zástupce noun (one who speaks for another)
  • zástupkyně noun (one who speaks for another)

Danish

2 entries
  • repræsentativ adj (typical)
  • repræsentant noun (one who speaks for another)

Dutch

3 entries
  • representatief adj (typical)
  • afgevaardigde noun (representative of a constituency)
  • vertegenwoordiger noun (one who speaks for another)

Estonian

1 entries
  • esindaja noun (one who speaks for another)

Finnish

4 entries
  • edustava adj (typical)
  • edustaja noun (one who speaks for another)
  • edustaja noun (representative of a constituency)
  • edustaja noun (one that is taken as typical of its class)

French

4 entries
  • représentatif adj (typical)
  • typique adj (typical)
  • délégué noun (one who speaks for another)
  • déléguée noun (one who speaks for another)

Galician

3 entries
  • representativo adj (typical)
  • deputado noun (representative of a constituency)
  • representante noun (one who speaks for another)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ამსახველი adj (typical)
  • გამომხატველი adj (typical)
  • დამახასიათებელი adj (typical)
  • მახასიათებელი adj (typical)

German

4 entries
  • repräsentativ adj (typical)
  • Abgesandte noun (representative of a constituency)
  • Abgesandter noun (representative of a constituency)
  • Aussendienstler noun (company agent)

Greek

4 entries
  • βουλευτής noun (representative of a constituency)
  • βουλευτής noun (member of the House of Representatives)
  • εκπρόσωπος noun (one who speaks for another)
  • πλασιέ noun (company agent)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מייצג adj (typical)
  • מְיַצֵג noun (one who speaks for another)
  • נציגה noun (one who speaks for another)

Hindi

2 entries
  • नुमाइंदा noun (one who speaks for another)
  • प्रतिनिधि noun (one who speaks for another)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • képviselő noun (one who speaks for another)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • forsvarsmaður noun (one who speaks for another)
  • fulltrúi noun (one who speaks for another)

Ido

2 entries
  • reprezentanta adj (typical)
  • reprezentanto noun (one who speaks for another)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • wakil noun (one who speaks for another)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • مُمَثِّل noun (one who speaks for another)
  • نُمایَنْدِه noun (one who speaks for another)
  • نُمایَنْدِه noun (representative of a constituency)
  • نُمایَنْدِه noun (one that is taken as typical of its class)

Irish

1 entries
  • uiríollaí noun (one who speaks for another)

Italian

3 entries
  • rappresentativo adj (typical)
  • rappresentante noun (one who speaks for another)
  • rappresentante noun (one that is taken as typical of its class)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 代表 noun (one who speaks for another)
  • 衆議院議員 noun (member of the House of Representatives)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • өкіл noun (one who speaks for another)

Khmer

4 entries
  • តាង noun (one who speaks for another)
  • តំណាង noun (one who speaks for another)
  • ទូត noun (one who speaks for another)
  • ធ្មាយ noun (one who speaks for another)

Korean

2 entries
  • 전형적 adj (typical)
  • 대표 noun (one who speaks for another)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • өкүл noun (one who speaks for another)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຜູ້ຕາງຫນ້າ noun (one who speaks for another)
  • ຜູ້ແທນ noun (one who speaks for another)

Latin

4 entries
  • succēdāneus adj (typical)
  • repraesentātīva noun (one who speaks for another)
  • repraesentātīva noun (representative of a constituency)
  • repraesentātīva noun (member of the House of Representatives)

Latvian

2 entries
  • pārstāve noun (one who speaks for another)
  • pārstāvis noun (one who speaks for another)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • atstõvas noun (one who speaks for another)
  • atstõvė noun (one who speaks for another)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • претставник noun (one who speaks for another)
  • претставничка noun (one who speaks for another)

Malay

1 entries
  • wakil noun (one who speaks for another)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • പ്രതിനിധി noun (one who speaks for another)
  • പ്രതിനിധി noun (representative of a constituency)

Maltese

1 entries
  • rappreżentant noun (one who speaks for another)

Marathi

2 entries
  • प्रतिनिधी noun (one who speaks for another)
  • प्रतिनिधी noun (representative of a constituency)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • төлөөлөгч noun (one who speaks for another)

Māori

4 entries
  • kanohi noun (one who speaks for another)
  • māngai noun (one who speaks for another)
  • repe noun (one who speaks for another)
  • taraketi noun (one who speaks for another)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • mumesil noun (one who speaks for another)
  • nimînende noun (one who speaks for another)
  • nûner noun (one who speaks for another)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • representativ adj (typical)
  • representant noun (one who speaks for another)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • representativ adj (typical)

Occitan

1 entries
  • representant noun (member of the House of Representatives)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • ایلچی noun (one who speaks for another)
  • سفیر noun (one who speaks for another)

Pashto

2 entries
  • نماينده noun (one who speaks for another)
  • وکيل noun (one who speaks for another)

Persian

1 entries
  • نُمایَنْدِه adj (typical)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Stellveträda noun (one who speaks for another)

Polish

4 entries
  • reprezentatywny adj (typical)
  • agent noun (one that is taken as typical of its class)
  • agent noun (company agent)
  • agentka noun (one that is taken as typical of its class)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • representativo adj (typical)
  • representante noun (one who speaks for another)
  • representante noun (one that is taken as typical of its class)
  • representante noun (company agent)

Romanian

4 entries
  • reprezentativ adj (typical)
  • agent noun (company agent)
  • agentă noun (company agent)
  • deputat noun (representative of a constituency)

Russian

4 entries
  • показа́тельный adj (typical)
  • типи́чный adj (typical)
  • характе́рный adj (typical)
  • делега́т noun (one who speaks for another)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • neach-ionaid noun (one who speaks for another)
  • riochdaire noun (one who speaks for another)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prédstāvnica noun (one who speaks for another)
  • prédstāvnīk noun (one who speaks for another)
  • pòslanica noun (member of the House of Representatives)
  • pòslanīk noun (member of the House of Representatives)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • སྐུ་ཚབ noun (one who speaks for another)

Slovak

2 entries
  • zástupca noun (one who speaks for another)
  • zástupkyňa noun (one who speaks for another)

Slovene

2 entries
  • predstavnica noun (one who speaks for another)
  • predstavnik noun (one who speaks for another)

Spanish

4 entries
  • representante adj (typical)
  • representativo adj (typical)
  • representante noun (one who speaks for another)
  • representante noun (one that is taken as typical of its class)

Swahili

3 entries
  • wajumbe adj (typical)
  • mjumbe noun (one who speaks for another)
  • mjumbe noun (member of the House of Representatives)

Swedish

3 entries
  • företrädare noun (one who speaks for another)
  • representant noun (one who speaks for another)
  • representant noun (company agent)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • kinatawan noun (one who speaks for another)
  • kinatawan noun (member of the House of Representatives)
  • kinatawan noun (company agent)

Tajik

2 entries
  • вакил noun (one who speaks for another)
  • намоянда noun (one who speaks for another)

Tatar

1 entries
  • вәкил noun (one who speaks for another)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ప్రతినిధి noun (one who speaks for another)

Thai

3 entries
  • ตัวแทน noun (one who speaks for another)
  • ตัวแทน noun (company agent)
  • สมาชิกสภาผู้แทนราษฎร noun (member of the House of Representatives)

Turkish

3 entries
  • mümessil noun (one who speaks for another)
  • temsilci noun (one who speaks for another)
  • vekil noun (one who speaks for another)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • wekil noun (one who speaks for another)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • типо́вий adj (typical)
  • представни́к noun (one who speaks for another)
  • представни́к noun (one that is taken as typical of its class)
  • представни́ця noun (one who speaks for another)

Urdu

2 entries
  • مَنْدُوب noun (one who speaks for another)
  • نُمائِنْدَہ noun (one who speaks for another)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • نامايەندە noun (one who speaks for another)
  • ۋەكىل noun (one who speaks for another)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • namoyanda noun (one who speaks for another)
  • vakil noun (one who speaks for another)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tiêu biểu noun (one who speaks for another)
  • đại biểu noun (one who speaks for another)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cyhoeddus adj (typical)
  • cynrychiolydd noun (one who speaks for another)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • פֿאַרטרעטער noun (one who speaks for another)
  • רעפּרעזענטאַנט noun (one who speaks for another)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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Are your opinions representative of those of the other students?

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All the students recognized her as their representative.

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We appointed him as our representative.

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We elected him as our Representative.

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