1. agent(n = noun.object) Array - an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"
is a kind of causal agency, causal agent, cause
has particulars: pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor, biohazard, biological agent, eliminator, impairer, infectious agent, infective agent, lethal agent, motor, mutagen, enlivener, invigorator, quickener, relaxer, represser, repressor, retardant, retardation, retardent, satisfier, shortener, stressor, teratogen, transmitter, vector, weakener
Derived form noun agency3
2. agent(n = noun.person) Array - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations; Array
is a kind of representative
has particulars: business agent, literary agent, bailee, booker, booking agent, deputy, surrogate, employment agent, freight agent, government agent, handler, mill agent, next friend, parliamentary agent, placeholder, procurator, proxy, purchasing agent, intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent, shipping agent, shopper, special agent, talent agent, general agent, universal agent
Derived forms noun agency4, adjective agential1
3. agent(n = noun.substance) Array - a substance that exerts some force or effect; Array
is a kind of causal agency, causal agent, cause, substance
has particulars: antiflatulent, antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide, antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant, germicide, drug, vermicide, alkaliser, alkalizer, antacid, antiacid, gastric antacid, bacteriostat, blanching agent, bleach, bleaching agent, whitener, chemical agent, coagulant, coagulator, coolant, diluent, dilutant, thinner, emmenagogue, galactagogue, hypnagogue, hypoglycaemic agent, hypoglycemic agent, inducer, lactifuge, lactogen, mitogen, nerve agent, nerve gas, precipitant, solvating agent, viricide, virucide
4. agent(n = noun.person) broker, factor - a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission; Array
is a kind of bourgeois, businessperson
is a member of brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm
has particulars: auctioneer, general agent, insurance agent, insurance broker, underwriter, investment banker, underwriter, estate agent, house agent, land agent, real estate agent, real estate broker, ship broker, stockbroker, syndic, travel agent
Derived form adjective agential1
5. agent(n = noun.person) federal agent - any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau; Array
is a kind of functionary, official
has particulars: indian agent, fed, federal, federal official, trustbuster
Derived form adjective agential1
6. agent(n = noun.communication) agentive role - the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause; Array
is a kind of participant role, semantic role
Acting; -- opposed to
1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. [1913 Webster]
"Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill." [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
3. An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect, such as a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent. [1913 Webster]
4. a chemical substance having biological effects; a drug. [PJC]
agent, n.
1 a a person who acts for another in business, politics, etc. (estate agent; insurance agent). b a spy.
2 a a person or thing that exerts power or produces an effect. b the cause of a natural force or effect on matter (oxidizing agent). c such a force or effect.
Idiom:
agent-general a representative of an Australian State or Canadian province, usu. in London.
Derivative:
agential adj.
Etymology:
L agent- part. stem of agere do
N doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.
N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.
N servant, subject, liegeman, servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache, official, retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court, attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy, train bearer, cup bearer, waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre, equerry, groom, jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd, barkeeper, bartender, bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper, khansamah, khansaman, khitmutgar, yardman, bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers, secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, subsidiary, agent, subaltern, underling, understrapper, man, maid, maidservant, handmaid, confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette, amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah, nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid, femme de chambre, femme fille, camarista, chef de cuisine, cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella, potwalloper, maid of all work, servant of all work, laundress, bedmaker, journeyman, charwoman, bearer, chokra, gyp (Cambridge), hamal, scout (Oxford), serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot, bondsman, bondswoman, bondslave, ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe, villian, villein, beadsman, bedesman, sizar, pensioner, pensionary, client, dependant, dependent, hanger on, satellite, parasite, led captain, protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature, badge of slavery, bonds, in the train of, in one's pay, in one's employ, at one's call, in bonds.
N commission, delegation, consignment, assignment, procuration, deputation, legation, mission, embassy, agency, agentship, power of attorney, clerkship, surrogacy, errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur, permit, appointment, nomination, designation, return, charter, ordination, installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in, accession, coronation, enthronement, vicegerency, regency, regentship, viceroy, consignee, deputy, agent, delegate, consignee, commissioned, per procurationem.
N consignee, trustee, nominee, committee, agent, delegate, commissary, commissioner, emissary, envoy, commissionaire, messenger, diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy, ambassador, embassador, representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache, vicegerent, plenipotentiary, functionary, placeman, curator, treasurer, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business, factotum, caretaker, dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta, negotiator, go-between, middleman, under agent, employe, servant, referee, arbitrator, traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man, newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.
N cause, origin, source, principle, element, occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile, vera causa, author, mainspring, agent, leaven, groundwork, foundation, spring, fountain, well, font, fountainhead, spring head, wellhead, fons et origo, genesis, descent, remote cause, influence, pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum, key, proximate cause, causa causans, straw that breaks the camel's back, ground, reason, reason why, why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation, final cause, les dessous des cartes, undercurrents, rudiment, egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule, radicle, semen, sperm, nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed, causality, causation, origination, production, caused, causal, original, primary, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, protogenal, radical, embryonic, embryotic, in embryo, in ovo, seminal, germinal, at the bottom of, connate, having a common origin, because, behind the scenes, causa latet vis est notissima, felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.
activating agent, active agent, actor's agent, adhesive agent, agent bank, agent orange, agent provocateur, agricultural agent, alkalating agent, alpha-adrenergic blocking agent, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent, antianxiety agent, antifungal agent, antimycotic agent, antipsychotic agent, antispasmodic agent, antiviral agent, ataractic agent, beta-adrenergic blocking agent, biological agent, blanching agent, bleaching agent, blistering agent, blocking agent, book agent, booking agent, bridge agent, business agent, causal agent, chelating agent, chemical agent, claim agent, cleansing agent, collection agent, county agent, customer agent, dissolving agent, double agent, drying agent, employment agent, espionage agent, estate agent, extension agent, fbi agent, federal agent, fixing agent, foreign agent, free agent, freight agent, general agent, government agent, house agent, hypoglycaemic agent, hypoglycemic agent, immunizing agent, indian agent, infectious agent, infective agent, inquiry agent, insurance agent, intelligence agent, internal revenue agent, land agent, law agent, lethal agent, literary agent, mill agent, mustard agent, narcotics agent, nerve agent, neuroleptic agent, neuromuscular blocking agent, organophosphate nerve agent, oxidizing agent, parliamentary agent, press agent, psychotropic agent, purchasing agent, real estate agent, reducing agent, road agent, secret agent, selling agent, shipping agent, solvating agent, special agent, station agent, surface-active agent, talent agent, theatrical agent, thrombolytic agent, ticket agent, toll agent, transfer agent, travel agent, undercover agent, universal agent, wetting agent