Agent

What do we mean by agent?

One that acts or has the power or authority to act. noun

One empowered to act for or represent another. noun

A means by which something is done or caused; an instrument. noun

A force or substance that causes a change. noun

A representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government. noun

A spy. noun

The argument that expresses the means or cause of an action or event described by a phrase or clause. The noun John is the agent in the clause John threw the ball. noun

To act as an agent or representative for. intransitive verb

To act as an agent or representative. intransitive verb

Acting: opposed to patient in the sense of sustaining action.

An active cause; an efficient cause; one who or that which acts or has the power to act: as, a moral agent; many insects are agents of fertilization. noun

A person acting on behalf of another, called his principal; a representative; a deputy, factor, substitute, or attorney. Often abbreviated to agt. noun

An official: as, an agent of police. noun

Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action. adjective

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. noun

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. noun

An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect, such as a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent. noun

A chemical substance having biological effects; a drug. noun

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. noun

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor. noun

One who exerts power, or has the power to act

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another

A person who looks for work for another person

Someone who works for an intelligence agency

An active power or cause or substance; something which has the power to produce an effect

In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.

(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".

A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.

Words that are spelled similarly to agent:
agent, anent, argent, ament, gent, agen, agena, arent, avent, agene, agend, atent, aget, agnt, asent, aient.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word agent:
waived, agents, fbi, spy, nfl, contract, signed, cia, tampa, drafted, draft, roster, sox, signing, orange, nhl, rookie, carter, giants, oakland, dallas, lions, agency, cincinnati.

Words that rhyme with agent:
reagent, vagient, bagent.

Adjectives that are often used to describe agent:
free, active, causative, real, principal, oxidizing, moral, single, infectious, special, secret, effective, multi, local, powerful, indian, therapeutic, etiologic, chief, literary, causal, british, double, potent, sole, primary, anesthetic, rational, former, antimicrobial, external, diplomatic, undercover, toxic, chemotherapeutic, infective, confidential, intelligent, commercial, responsible, fiscal, oral, etiological, offending, soviet, federal, useful, biological, independent, antibacterial, inflammatory, suitable, sub, potential, efficient, topical, oxidising, adrenergic, antihypertensive, valuable, binding, antiviral, anaesthetic, autonomous, ideal, agricultural, russian, selective, consular.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective agent:
general, based, oriented, structure, header, charge, mediated, action, systems, relationship, generalship, theory, principal, field, buyers, centered, relationships, models, phrase, buyer, analyses, causation, name, relativity, string, object, centred, preposing, simulation, worlds, properties, environment, postposing, patient, theories, strain, environments, nom, nouns, william, provocateur, uml, interactions, simulations, gen, court, neutrality, curtis, programming, regimens, specific, the, architecture, interaction, trainee, incharge, beneficiary, equilibrium, barbara, dean, regret, victualler, headers, drivers, architectures, basing, john, continued, enhanced, centeredness, supported, national, richard, driven, assisted, xps, client, strings, creative, international, experiencer, intellect.

Consonant match to agent:
urgent, adjoint.

Words that sound like agent:
agent, agents, aient, ayont, adjoint, ojt, patient, asian, ancient, ation, asians, -ation, agend, agena, acean, atent, facient, aidant, dechant, aition, ajuste, aigina, aimant, egg hunt, urgent, pageant, regent, cogent, ient, nugent, reagent, adjoined, aget, agit, neugent, augean, edgemont, agite, ushant, ojen, aged, aging, ageing, agan, ages, aint, agency, cajun, ain't, argent, rationed, junt, eejit, egin, cajuns, cajan, egit, igit, idjit, adient, aymond, geant, edgin, agenize, asiat, agynous, agente, changeant, edge in, agemate, weyandt, augend, adjust, agin, arent, adjourned, adjunct, aren't, adjoin, -ment, arrant, agene, agist, amont, amant, anant, anent, adjoins, agence, arant, aegina, aktion, ashan, -ition, ajan, alant, ajanta, agim, allant, -ician.