a person or thing that represents another or others.

an agent or deputy

a legal representative.

a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, esp. a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures.

a typical example or specimen of a group, quality, or kind.

serving to represent; representing.

standing or acting for another or others.

made up of representatives

a representative assembly.

of or pertaining to a system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group

representative government.

exemplifying a group or kind; typical

a representative selection of Elizabethan plays.

corresponding to or replacing some other species or the like, as in a different locality.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of representationalism.

pertaining to or of the nature of a mental image or representation.

adjective

atypical , different , uncharacteristic , unrepresentative

noun

atypical

adjective

adumbrative , archetypal , classic , classical , delineative , depictive , emblematic , evocative , exemplary , ideal , illustrative , model , presentational , prototypal , prototypical , quintessential , rep , symbolic , symbolical , emblematical , graphic , archetypic , archetypical , paradigmatic , prototypic , typic , delegated , figurative , realistic , representational , typical , typifying , vicarious

noun

agent , assemblyperson , attorney , commissioner , congressperson , councilor , councilperson , counselor , delegate , deputy , lawyer , legislator , member , messenger , proxy , rep , salesperson , senator , spokesperson , archetype , case , case history , embodiment , epitome , exemplar , illustration , instance , personification , sample , sampling , specimen , type , alter ego , ambassador , assignee , attache , champion , commissary , congressman , congresswoman , consul , diplomat , emissary , envoy , example , executor , executrix , exponent , factotum , illustrative , incarnation , intermediary , legate , minister , proctor , regent , stand-in , substitute , surrogate , symbolic , trustee , typical , understudy , vicar , vicegerent