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Agent

Agent Meaning & Definition
Agent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Agent?

[n] the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause
[n] an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"
[n] a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
[n] a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
[n] any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
[n] a substance that exerts some force or effect

Synonyms | Synonyms for Agent: agentive role | broker | factor | federal agent

Related Terms | Find terms related to Agent: 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 | Charlie McCarthy | 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 | 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 | 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

See Also | alkaliser | alkalizer | antacid | antiacid | antiflatulent | antifungal | antifungal agent | antimicrobial | antimicrobic | antimycotic | antimycotic agent | auctioneer | bacteriostat | bailee | blanching agent | bleach | bleaching agent | blocker | blocking agent | booker | booking agent | bourgeois | brokerage | brokerage firm | business agent | businessperson | causal agency | causal agency | causal agent | causal agent | cause | cause | chemical agent | coagulant | coagulator | coolant | deputy | diluent | dilutant | disinfectant | drug | eliminator | emmenagogue | employment agent | enlivener | estate agent | Fed | Federal | federal official | freight agent | functionary | fungicide | galactagogue | gastric antacid | general agent | germicide | government agent | handler | house agent | hypnagogue | hypoglycaemic agent | hypoglycemic agent | impairer | Indian agent | inducer | insurance agent | insurance broker | intelligence agent | intelligence officer | investment banker | invigorator | lactifuge | lactogen | land agent | literary agent | mill agent | mitogen | mutagen | next friend | official | operative | parliamentary agent | participant role | placeholder | precipitant | procurator | proxy | purchasing agent | quickener | real estate agent | real estate broker | realtor | relaxer | representative | represser | repressor | retardant | retardation | retardent | satisfier | secret agent | securities firm | semantic role | ship broker | shipping agent | shopper | shortener | solvating agent | special agent | stockbroker | stressor | surrogate | syndic | talent agent | teratogen | thinner | transmitter | travel agent | trustbuster | underwriter | universal agent | vasoconstrictive | vasoconstrictor | vector | vermicide | viricide | virucide | weakener | whitener

Agent In Webster's Dictionary

\A"gent\, a. [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. ? to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. [root]2.] Acting; -- opposed to {patient}, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] ``The body agent.'' --Bacon.
\A"gent\, n. 1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. --Dryden. 2. One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor. 3. 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.

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