Synonyms for agent
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Representative — A person who looks for work for another person and brokers a deal between the hiree and hirer
representative, attorney, deputy, manager, commissioner, emissary, rep, envoy, proxy, substitute, vicar, procurator, solicitor dated
3. Go-between
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who looks for work for another person and brokers a deal between the hiree and hirer.
- n. 2
One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
- n. 3
One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.
He worked as an agent for the government.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- agents → representatives, attorneys, deputies, managers…
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In strict philosophical usage, the prime mover or doer of an act is the agent. Thus we speak of man as a voluntary agent, a free agent.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- manager The manager sat on the bench with his arms folded.
- attorney Dmitri was appointed as the new district attorney.
- representative Our representative argued against the new tax plan.
- deputy Ziri was a sheriff's deputy back in the 1980s.
- author He is an author famous for his novels and stories.
- agency Tom works for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| agent | steady | |
| manager | steady | |
| attorney | steady | |
| representative | falling | |
| deputy | falling | |
| author | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- rep1
- 5 letters
- power2, means1, force1, actor2, proxy2, envoy2, vicar2, mover2
- 6 letters
- author2, agency3, factor2, deputy3, broker2
- 7 letters
- manager3
- 8 letters
- attorney3, operator4, executor4, emissary4
- 9 letters
- architect3, performer3, solicitor4
- 10 letters
- substitute3, negotiator5, procurator
- 11 letters
- intercessor
- 12 letters
- commissioner4
- 14 letters
- representative5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (power2 = 2 syllables).