Search Result for "agent": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect;
- Example: "their research uncovered new disease agents"

2. a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations;

3. a substance that exerts some force or effect;

4. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission;
[syn: agent, factor, broker]

5. any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau;
[syn: agent, federal agent]

6. the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause;
[syn: agentive role, agent]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Agent \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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Agent \A"gent\, n.
   1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
      [1913 Webster]

            Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   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.
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   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.
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   4. (Biochem., Med.) a chemical substance having biological
      effects; a drug.
      [PJC]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

275 Moby Thesaurus words for "agent":
   Charlie McCarthy, 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, 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