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agent
Overview of noun agent
The noun agent has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (21) agent -- (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents")
2. (6) agent -- (a substance that exerts some force or effect)
3. (6) agent -- (a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations)
4. (1) agent, factor, broker -- (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)
5. agent, federal agent -- (any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau)
6. agentive role, agent -- (the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun agent
6 senses of agent
Sense 1
agent
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
agent
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
agent
=> representative
=> negotiator, negotiant, treater
=> communicator
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
agent, factor, broker
=> businessperson, bourgeois
=> capitalist
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
agent, federal agent
=> official, functionary
=> skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
agentive role, agent
=> semantic role, participant role
=> grammatical category, syntactic category
=> class, category, family
=> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun agent
5 of 6 senses of agent
Sense 1
agent
=> vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor
=> biological agent, biohazard
=> eliminator
=> impairer
=> infectious agent, infective agent
=> lethal agent
=> motor
=> mutagen
=> quickener, invigorator, enlivener
=> relaxer
=> repressor, represser
=> retardant, retardent, retardation
=> satisfier
=> shortener
=> stressor
=> teratogen
=> vector, transmitter
=> weakener
Sense 2
agent
=> antiflatulent
=> antifungal, antifungal agent, fungicide, antimycotic, antimycotic agent
=> disinfectant, germicide, antimicrobic, antimicrobial
=> drug
=> vermicide
=> antacid, gastric antacid, alkalizer, alkaliser, antiacid
=> bacteriostat
=> bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener
=> chemical agent
=> coagulant, coagulator
=> coolant
=> dilutant, diluent, thinner
=> emmenagogue
=> galactagogue
=> hypnagogue
=> hypoglycemic agent, hypoglycaemic agent
=> inducer
=> lactifuge
=> lactogen
=> mitogen
=> nerve gas, nerve agent
=> precipitant
=> solvating agent
=> viricide, virucide
Sense 3
agent
=> business agent
=> literary agent
=> bailee
=> booker, booking agent
=> deputy, surrogate
=> employment agent
=> freight agent
=> government agent
=> handler
=> mill agent
=> next friend
=> parliamentary agent
=> proxy, placeholder, procurator
=> purchasing agent
=> secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
=> shipping agent
=> shopper
=> special agent
=> talent agent
=> universal agent, general agent
Sense 4
agent, factor, broker
=> auctioneer
=> insurance broker, insurance agent, general agent, underwriter
=> investment banker, underwriter
=> realtor, real estate broker, real estate agent, estate agent, land agent, house agent
=> ship broker
=> stockbroker
=> syndic
=> travel agent
Sense 5
agent, federal agent
=> Indian agent
=> Federal, Fed, federal official
=> trustbuster
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun agent
6 senses of agent
Sense 1
agent
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
Sense 2
agent
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
Sense 3
agent
=> representative
Sense 4
agent, factor, broker
=> businessperson, bourgeois
Sense 5
agent, federal agent
=> official, functionary
Sense 6
agentive role, agent
=> semantic role, participant role
Antonyms of noun agent
Member Holonyms of noun agent
1 of 6 senses of agent
Sense 4
agent, factor, broker
MEMBER OF: brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm
Substance Holonyms of noun agent
Part Holonyms of noun agent
Member Meronyms of noun agent
Substance Meronyms of noun agent
Part Meronyms of noun agent
Meronyms of noun agent
Holonyms of noun agent
1 of 6 senses of agent
Sense 4
agent, factor, broker
MEMBER OF: brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm
Attributes of noun agent
Derived Forms of noun agent
4 of 6 senses of agent
Sense 1
agent
RELATED TO>(noun) agency#3
=> agency
Sense 3
agent
RELATED TO>(adj) agential#1
=> agential
RELATED TO>(noun) agency#4
=> representation, delegacy, agency
Sense 4
agent, factor, broker
RELATED TO>(adj) agential#1
=> agential
Sense 5
agent, federal agent
RELATED TO>(adj) agential#1
=> agential
Domain of noun agent
Domain Terms of noun agent
Familiarity of noun agent
agent used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun agent
6 senses of agent
Sense 1
agent
> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> agent
=> nature
=> supernatural, occult
=> theurgy
=> first cause, prime mover, primum mobile
=> Destiny, Fate
=> catalyst
=> deus ex machina
=> operator, manipulator
=> power, force
=> vital principle, life principle
=> engine
=> cause of death, killer
=> danger
=> agent
Sense 2
agent
> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> agent
=> nature
=> supernatural, occult
=> theurgy
=> first cause, prime mover, primum mobile
=> Destiny, Fate
=> catalyst
=> deus ex machina
=> operator, manipulator
=> power, force
=> vital principle, life principle
=> engine
=> cause of death, killer
=> danger
=> agent
Sense 3
agent
> representative
=> agent
=> alderman
=> assemblyman
=> assemblywoman
=> contact, middleman
=> delegate
=> emissary, envoy
=> head of state, chief of state
=> personal representative
=> resident commissioner
=> union representative
Sense 4
agent, factor, broker
> businessperson, bourgeois
=> accountant, comptroller, controller
=> account executive, account representative, registered representative, customer's broker, customer's man
=> agent, factor, broker
=> businessman, man of affairs
=> businesswoman
=> entrepreneur, enterpriser
=> exporter
=> importer
=> merchant, merchandiser
=> shipper
=> supplier, provider
Sense 5
agent, federal agent
> official, functionary
=> appointee
=> bailiff
=> beadle
=> bureaucrat, administrative official
=> caretaker
=> censor
=> census taker, enumerator
=> church officer
=> city father
=> civil servant
=> commissar, political commissar
=> Comptroller General
=> Comptroller of the Currency
=> diplomat, diplomatist
=> elected official
=> equerry
=> fire marshall
=> fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger
=> hearing examiner, hearing officer
=> holdover, hangover
=> incumbent, officeholder
=> Inquisitor
=> invalidator, voider, nullifier
=> judge, justice, jurist, magistrate
=> licenser
=> macebearer, mace, macer
=> mandarin
=> notary, notary public
=> noticer
=> officeholder, officer
=> agent, federal agent
=> provincial
=> postmaster general
=> proconsul
=> prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney
=> quaestor
=> recruiter
=> registrar, record-keeper, recorder
=> regulator
=> returning officer
=> sealer
=> searcher
=> teller, vote counter
=> town clerk
=> usher, doorkeeper
=> vizier
=> weigher
Sense 6
agentive role, agent
> semantic role, participant role
=> affected role, patient role, patient
=> agentive role, agent
=> benefactive role, beneficiary
=> instrumental role, instrument
=> locative role, locative
=> recipient role, recipient
=> resultant role, result
=> temporal role, temporal
Meronyms of noun agent
6 senses of agent
Sense 3
agent
=> representative
=> negotiator, negotiant, treater
=> communicator
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 4
agent, factor, broker
=> businessperson, bourgeois
=> capitalist
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 5
agent, federal agent
=> official, functionary
=> skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 6
agentive role, agent
=> semantic role, participant role
=> grammatical category, syntactic category
=> class, category, family
HAS MEMBER: superphylum
Holonyms of noun agent
1 of 6 senses of agent
Sense 4
agent, factor, broker
MEMBER OF: brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm
Grep of noun agent
activating agent
active agent
actor's agent
adhesive agent
agent
agent-in-place
agent bank
agent orange
agent provocateur
agentive role
agricultural agent
alkalating agent
alpha-adrenergic blocking agent
anaesthetic agent
anesthetic agent
antianxiety agent
antifungal agent
antimycotic agent
antipsychotic agent
antispasmodic agent
antiviral agent
ataractic agent
beta-adrenergic blocking agent
biological agent
blanching agent
bleaching agent
blistering agent
blocking agent
book agent
booking agent
bridge agent
business agent
causal agent
chemical agent
claim agent
cleansing agent
county agent
customer agent
dissolving agent
double agent
drying agent
employment agent
espionage agent
estate agent
extension agent
fbi agent
federal agent
fixing agent
foreign agent
free agent
freight agent
general agent
government agent
house agent
hypoglycaemic agent
hypoglycemic agent
immunizing agent
indian agent
infectious agent
infective agent
inquiry agent
insurance agent
intelligence agent
internal revenue agent
land agent
law agent
lethal agent
literary agent
mill agent
mustard agent
narcotics agent
nerve agent
neuroleptic agent
neuromuscular blocking agent
newsagent
organophosphate nerve agent
oxidizing agent
parliamentary agent
press agent
psychotropic agent
purchasing agent
reagent
real estate agent
reducing agent
road agent
secret agent
selling agent
shipping agent
solvating agent
special agent
station agent
surface-active agent
talent agent
theatrical agent
thrombolytic agent
ticket agent
toll agent
transfer agent
travel agent
undercover agent
universal agent
wetting agent
Grep of adj agent
agential
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