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Representative

Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

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Similar meaning 16

Allegoric 84% connected

Alt. of Allegorical

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Allegoric 84% connected

Alt. of Allegorical

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Allegorical 84% connected

Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.

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Allegorical 84% connected

Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.

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Democratic 84% connected

Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

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Democratic 84% connected

Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

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Emblematic 84% connected

Alt. of Emblematical

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Emblematic 84% connected

Alt. of Emblematical

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Emblematical 84% connected

Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or orn…

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Emblematical 84% connected

Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or orn…

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Symbolic 84% connected

See Symbolics.

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Symbolic 84% connected

See Symbolics.

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Symbolical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure…

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Symbolical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure…

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Typical 84% connected

Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.

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Typical 84% connected

Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.

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Broader term 8

Advocate 76% connected

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

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Exponent 76% connected

A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a fa…

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Legislator 76% connected

A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.

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Negotiant 76% connected

A negotiator.

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Negotiator 76% connected

One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public compacts.

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Proponent 76% connected

Making proposals; proposing.

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Treater 76% connected

One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains.

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Agent 76% connected

Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

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Ambassador 76% connected

Alt. of Embassador

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Apology 76% connected

Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as,…

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Assemblyman 76% connected

A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature.

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Bagman 76% connected

A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen.

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Congressman 76% connected

A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Delegate 76% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

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Emissary 76% connected

An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create di…

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Envoy 76% connected

One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other…

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Exception 76% connected

The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

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Excuse 76% connected

To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Mouthpiece 76% connected

The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.

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Precedent 76% connected

Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

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Quintessence 76% connected

The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

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Rep 76% connected

A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.

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Sample 76% connected

Example; pattern.

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Specimen 76% connected

A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibit…

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Spokesman 76% connected

One who speaks for another.

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Derivationally related 4

Represent 74% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Represent 74% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Typify 74% connected

To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.

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Typify 74% connected

To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.

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Synonym 5

Example 92% connected

One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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Illustration 92% connected

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

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Instance 92% connected

The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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Interpreter 92% connected

One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.

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Voice 92% connected

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

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