representative

1 having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind a representative example of what that talented chef can do with even simple ingredients Synonyms archetypal (also archetypical), average, characteristic, normal, regular, typical, standard, trueRelated Words common, commonplace, conventional, customary, everyday, ordinary, usual, wonted, workaday; classic, textbook, vintage; expected, familiar, habitual, predictable, routine, unexceptional, unremarkable; predominant, preponderantNear Antonyms uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted; distinctive, especial, exceptional, extraordinary, infrequent, noteworthy, rare, remarkable, singular, special, unexpected, unfamiliar, unique, unpredictable; eccentric, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, peculiar, unknown, unorthodox; curious, erratic, funky, funny, odd, oddball, offbeat, outlandish, quirky, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out; bizarre, fantastic (also fantastical), far-out, freak, freakish, kooky (also kookie), out-of-the-way, outrageous, outré, rare, singular, unnatural, weird, wildAntonyms aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviant, irregular, nonrepresentative, nontypical, untypical

2 having the function or meaning of an object or figure that stands for something else a red cross on this map is representative of a hospital or other medical facility Synonyms emblematic (also emblematical), representational, symbolicRelated Words figural, figurative, metaphoric (or metaphorical), tropological; allegoricalNear Antonyms actual, literalAntonyms nonsymbolic