REPRESENTOR Synonyms

• an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect

• a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

• a substance that exerts some force or effect

• a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

• any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

• the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

• a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another

• an informal representative

• a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

• a person appointed or elected to represent others

• transfer power to someone

• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

• someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

• an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

• a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)

• a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

• someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

• a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador

• someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

• a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry

• a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

• a person authorized to act for another

• a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

• serving or used in place of another

• artificial and inferior

• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

• be a substitute

• act as a substitute

• someone who takes the place of another person

• a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

• providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties