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Definitions for Agent

[1] a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf: Our agent in Hong Kong will ship the merchandise. A best-selling author needs a good agent.
[2] a person or thing that acts or has the power to act.
[3] a natural force or object producing or used for obtaining specific results: Many insects are agents of fertilization.
[4] an active cause; an efficient cause.
[5] a person who works for or manages an agency.
[6] a person who acts in an official capacity for a government or private agency, as a guard, detective, or spy: an FBI agent; the secret agents of a foreign power.
[7] a person responsible for a particular action: Who was the agent of this deed?
[8] Grammar . a form or construction, usually a noun or noun phrase, denoting an animate being that performs or causes the action expressed by the verb, as the police in The car was found by the police.
[9] Indian agent.
[10] a representative of a business firm, especially a traveling salesperson; canvasser; solicitor.
[11] Chemistry . a substance that causes a reaction.
[12] Pharmacology . a drug or chemical capable of eliciting a biological response.
[13] Pathology . any microorganism capable of causing disease.
[14] British . a campaign manager; an election agent.
[15] acting; exerting power (opposed to patient).
[16] to represent (a person or thing) as an agent; act as an agent for: to agent a manuscript; Who agented that deal?
[17] a person who acts on behalf of another person, group, business, government, etc; representative
[18] a person or thing that acts or has the power to act
[19] a phenomenon, substance, or organism that exerts some force or effect a chemical agent
[20] the means by which something occurs or is achieved; instrument wind is an agent of plant pollination
[21] a person representing a business concern, esp a travelling salesman
[22] British short for estate agent
[23] short for secret agent

Words related to Agent

commissioner, minister, deputy, assistant, worker, broker, promoter, representative, lawyer, operator, operative, officer, handler, force, ambassador, attorney, go-between, negotiator, substitute, principal

Words nearby Agent

agendum, agenesis, agenitalism, agenize, agenosomia, agent, agent noun, agent of production, agent orange, agent provocateur, agent-general

Origin of Agent

1570–80; < Latin agent- (stem of agēns (present participle) doing), equivalent to ag- (root of agere to do) + -ent- -ent

Other words from Agent

coun·ter·a·gent , noun
in·ter·a·gent , noun
su·per·a·gent , noun
un·der·a·gent , noun

Word origin for Agent

C15: from Latin agent-, noun use of the present participle of agere to do

Synonyms for Agent

assistant, broker, commissioner, deputy, handler, lawyer, minister, officer, operative, operator, promoter, representative, worker, abettor, actor, advocate, ambassador, assignee, attorney, delegate, doer, emissary, envoy, executor, factor, factotum, functionary, go-between, intermediary, mover, negotiator, principal, proctor, proxy, salesperson, servant, steward, substitute, surrogate, mediary, middleperson, ten percenter