representatives
Those who speak
Representatives are people who act or speak on behalf of others.
In government, representatives are elected officials who serve in a legislative body: She called her representative about the bill.
Sales representatives work on behalf of companies.
A representative sample or example typifies a larger group: The survey wasn't representative of the whole population.
The word often implies legitimate authority to act for others' interests.
Elected federal legislator
- senatorUpper chamber member
- legislatorElected maker of laws
- lawmakerOne who drafts legislation
- parliamentarianRules of order specialist
councilor · assemblyman · assemblywoman · MP · governor · alderman · statesman · incumbent
Organized meeting for discussion
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- assemblyConstructing from components
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- caucusParty selection meeting
meeting · appointed · nominated · voting · credentials · mandate · commission · trustee
One acting for another
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- substituteReplacement for another
- agentOne who acts independently
- assigneeRecipient of transferred rights
alternate · power of attorney · designated · authorized · acting · interim · deputy · fiduciary
Official foreign representative
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- attachéEmbassy specialist officer
emissary · plenipotentiary · chargé d'affaires · embassy · consulate · legation · foreign service · accredited
Designated organizational voice
- spokeswomanFemale official communicator
- press secretaryOfficial media liaison
- publicistMedia relations professional
- mouthpieceOne who speaks officially
communicator · voice · advocate · announcer · herald · orator · interlocutor · press conference
Agent linking two parties
- liaisonConnector between groups
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
broker · factor · facilitator · advocate · intercessor · ombudsman · middleman · channel
congressperson
Elected federal legislator
- senatorUpper chamber member
- legislatorElected maker of laws
- lawmakerOne who drafts legislation
parliamentarian · councilor · assemblyman · assemblywoman · MP · governor · alderman · statesman · incumbent · elected
conference
Organized meeting for discussion
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- assemblyConstructing from components
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
caucus · meeting · appointed · nominated · voting · credentials · mandate · commission · trustee · regent
surrogate
One acting for another
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- substituteReplacement for another
- agentOne who acts independently
assignee · alternate · power of attorney · designated · authorized · acting · interim · deputy · fiduciary · trustee
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
attaché · emissary · plenipotentiary · chargé d'affaires · embassy · consulate · legation · foreign service · accredited · treaty
spokesman
Designated organizational voice
- spokeswomanFemale official communicator
- press secretaryOfficial media liaison
- publicistMedia relations professional
mouthpiece · communicator · voice · advocate · announcer · herald · orator · interlocutor · press conference · briefing
intermediary
Agent linking two parties
- liaisonConnector between groups
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
negotiator · broker · factor · facilitator · advocate · intercessor · ombudsman · middleman · channel · conduit
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- long wordssupercalifragilisticexpialidocious, antidisestablishmentarianism, incomprehensibilities, counterrevolutionary, electroencephalograph
- sales repssales reps, field agents, sales agents, drummers, pitchmen
- selected groupscommittee, panel, jury, task force, delegation
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, state legislature, legislators
representativesoutliers
Extreme data points
anomalies · exceptions · deviants · aberrations · misfits
representativesprincipals
Chief school administrators
constituents · sovereigns · rulers · monarchs · dictators
- House of RepresentativesPopulation-based legislative chamber
- representative governmentRule by elected officials
- elected representativesChosen holders of public office
- union representativeAdvocate for organized workers
- sales representativesStaff who sell products
- not representative
representative, unrepresentative, representativeness, representatively, nonrepresentative