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Agent
| 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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