agent

agent is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
2. noun. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
3. 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.
4. noun. An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
5. noun. the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
6. noun. an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect

   "their research uncovered new disease agents"

7. noun. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

   Synonyms: broker, factor

8. noun. a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
9. noun. any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
10. noun. a substance that exerts some force or effect

Synonyms

broker, factor

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in agent:

etang, tange

Common word forms

agents, agented, agenting

Words from these letters

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