Agent
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English
Noun
Agent (plural Agents)- One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
- One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
- An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
- (grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
- (intelligence) One who is authorized or instructed to obtain or to assist in obtaining information for intelligence or counterintelligence purposes.
Adjectives for Agent
dominant; consular; imaginative; enterprising; remedial; unscrupulous; catalytic; cleansing; stimulating; diplomatic; publicity; purchasing; fiscal; coloring; trustworthy; energetic; physical; involuntary; recruiting; confidential; vigilant; corrosive; superfluous; purifying; accredited; cajoling; advance; rapacious.
Verbs for Agent
appoint-; authorize-; commission-; delegate to-; deliberate-; discredit-; employ-; endow-; evade-; exert-; direct-; frustrate-; hearten-; rely upon-; remunerate-; request-; vest in-; yield to-; accounts for-; acts for-; -agitates; -assists; -bickers; -conducts; -contrives; -deliberates; -distributes; -enforces; -exerts; -implies; -negotiates; -operates; -profits; -represents; -slumbers; -solicits; -stipulates; -transacts; -vanishes.
Synonyms for Agent
deputy, operator, performer, doer, promoter, mover, actor, factor, consignee, functionary, means, representative, instrument.
Antonyms for Agent
patient, chief, principal, originator, employer, inventor, master.
Thesaurus
proxy; pseudoisomer; puppet; purchasing agent; radical; reagent; real estate agent; rector; representative; responsible person; runner; sales agent; sea lawyer; second; secretary; selectee; self-styled lawyer; servant; sideman; sire; slave; solicitor; special agent; spokesman; spokesperson; spokeswoman; spook; spy; station agent; steersman; steward; stooge; subject; substitute; sulfacid; supercargo; supporting actor; supporting instrumentalist; surrogate; theatrical agent; ticket agent; tie; tool; toy; travel agent; trimer; undercover man; vehicle; walking delegate; wholesaler; worker, Federal; acid; acidity; acolyte; activator; actor; adjutant; administrator; advocate; agency; aid; aide; aide-de-camp; aider; alkali; alkalinity; alloisomer; amanuensis; amicus curiae; ancilla; anion; antacid; appliance; appointee; architect; assignee; assistant; atom; attendant; attorney; attorney-at-law; author; auxiliary; baggage agent; barrister; barrister-at-law; base; begetter; beginner; best man; biochemical; broker; business agent; buyer; candidate; catalyst; cation; cause; causer; channel; chemical; chemical element; chromoisomer; claim agent; clerk; coadjutant; coadjutor; coadjutress; coadjutrix; commercial agent; commission agent; commissionaire; commissioner; compound; conductor; connection; consignee; contrivance; copolymer; counsel; counselor; counselor-at-law; creator; creature; customer agent; delegate; deputy; device; dimer; directeur; director; distributor; doer; driver; dummy; dupe; effector; element; emissary; energizer; engenderer; engineer; envoy; executant; executive; executive officer; executor; executrix; fabricator; factor; father; fed; federal agent; force; freight agent; friend at court; front; front man; functionary; general agent; generator; go-between; governor; handler; handmaid; handmaiden; heavy chemicals; help; helper; helpmate; helpmeet; high polymer; homopolymer; hydracid; implement; impresario; ingredient; inorganic chemical; inspirer; instigator; instrument; instrumentality; instrumentation; insurance agent; intendant; interagent; interceder; intercessor; intermediary; intermediate; intermediate agent; intermediator; intermedium; internuncio; intervener; interventionist; interventor; ion; isomer; jobber; land agent; law agent; lawyer; legal adviser; legal counselor; legal expert; legal practitioner; legalist; legate; lever; liaison; licensee; lieutenant; link; literary agent; loan agent; macromolecule; maker; manager; manipulator; means; mechanism; mediary; mediator; medium; metamer; middleman; midwife; minion; minister; ministry; molecule; monomer; mother; mouthpiece; mover; negotiant; negotiator; negotiatress; negotiatrix; neutralizer; news agent; nominee; nonacid; official; ombudsman; operant; operative; operator; organ; organic chemical; originator; oxyacid; paranymph; paraprofessional; parent; parliamentary agent; passenger agent; pawn; performer; perpetrator; pilot; plaything; pleader; polymer; power; practitioner; press agent; prime mover; primum mobile; proctor; procurator; producer;
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