agent

agent has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• a.. Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
• n.. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
• n.. an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"
• n.. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
• n.. a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
• n.. any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
• n.. a substance that exerts some force or effect