agency

agency is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
2. noun. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.
3. noun. The place of business of am agent.
4. noun. how a result is obtained or an end is achieved

   "a means of control"

   "an example is the best agency of instruction"

   Synonyms: means, way

5. noun. a business that serves other businesses
6. noun. an administrative unit of government

   "the Central Intelligence Agency"

   "the Census Bureau"

   Synonyms: authority, bureau, office

7. noun. the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

   Synonyms: delegacy, representation

8. noun. the state of being in action or exerting power

   "the agency of providence"

   "she has free agency"

Synonyms

means, way, authority, bureau, office, delegacy, representation

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in agency:

cagney

Common word forms

agencies

Words from these letters

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