REPRESENT

v. 1 substitute for, stand (in) for, replace, act for I have appointed her to represent me in all legal matters 2 Often, represent oneself as. present (oneself), depict (oneself), put or set (oneself) forth, masquerade as, take (on) or assume the guise or role or part of, characterize as, impersonate, pretend to be, pose as, imitate, mimic He represents himself as a plumber in order to get into houses to rob them His wife was represented to me as a social worker. 3 describe, delineate, reproduce, report, assert, state, put or set forth, show, reflect, mirror, characterize, define, note, outline, sketch, depict, picture, portray, draw, paint; pretend What took place that fateful day is not as represented in Inspector Taylor's testimony 4 symbolize, stand for, typify, exemplify, embody, epitomize; illustrate He represents all that is good in the world today