Thesaurus: agent

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1. a. Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
2. n. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. n. an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
6. n. a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
7. n. a substance that exerts some force or effect
8. n. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
9. n. any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
10. n. the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
11. Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The body agent." Bacon. 1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. Dryden. 2. 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. 3. 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.
12. Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The bodyagent." Bacon.