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representive

representive adjective: synonym of representative.

Adjective

representive (comparative more representive, superlative most representive)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Synonym of representative
    • The "fake Guofen" are not really interested in a forensic dissection of the Nationalist performance on battlefields some eight decades distant. They are representive of those who are unhappy, to some extent, with the Communist Party, but also with everyday life as a whole.2020, Rana Mitter, China's Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism, Cambridge, M.A.; London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 165
    Synonyms:
    representative

Noun

representive (plural representives)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Synonym of representative
    Synonyms:
    representative

Synonyms of representive

Forms of representive

Adjective
comparativemore representive
superlativemost representive
Noun
pluralrepresentives

Origin of representive

From represent + -ive.

Words formed from representive

Questions about representive

What does representive mean?
Representive means synonym of representative.
What part of speech is representive?
Representive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near representive in the dictionary

  1. representer
  2. representers
  3. representeth
  4. representing
  5. representings
  6. representive
  7. representively
  8. representives
  9. representivity
  10. representment
  11. representments

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