Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb represent
15 senses of represent
Sense 1
represent, stand for, correspond -- (take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin")
=> equal, be -- (be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!")
Sense 2
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent -- (express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?")
=> mean, intend -- (mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?")
Sense 3
represent -- (be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven")
=> be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")
Sense 4
represent -- (be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silent majority")
=> serve -- (do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function; "He served as head of the department for three years"; "She served in Congress for two terms")
Sense 5
represent -- (serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl")
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to -- (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse")
Sense 6
exemplify, represent -- (be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue")
=> embody, be, personify -- (represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet")
Sense 7
constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be -- (form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army")
Sense 8
defend, represent -- (be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant")
Sense 9
represent, interpret -- (create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl")
=> re-create -- (create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale")
Sense 10
act, play, represent -- (play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master")
=> re-create -- (create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale")
Sense 11
stage, present, represent -- (perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'")
=> re-create -- (create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale")
Sense 12
represent -- (describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel")
=> describe, depict, draw -- (give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack")
Sense 13
represent -- (point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution")
=> remonstrate, point out -- (present and urge reasons in opposition)
Sense 14
present, represent, lay out -- (bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason")
=> state, say, tell -- (express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name")
Sense 15
map, represent -- (to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets))
=> permute, commute, transpose -- (change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word")
Antonyms of adj represented
1 sense of represented
Sense 1
delineated (vs. undelineated), represented, delineate -- (represented accurately or precisely)
Similarity of adj represented
1 sense of represented
Sense 1
delineated (vs. undelineated), represented, delineate -- (represented accurately or precisely)
=> depicted, pictured, portrayed -- (represented graphically by sketch or design or lines)
=> described -- (represented in words especially with sharpness and detail; "the vividly described wars")
=> diagrammatic, diagrammatical -- (shown or represented by diagrams)