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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
- 1adjective
Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
- 2noun
One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
- 6noun
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
"their research uncovered new disease agents"
- 7noun
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- 8noun
a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- 9noun
any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
- 10noun
a substance that exerts some force or effect
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