agent   (Sound)

The noun agent has 6 senses

• agent -- (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents")


• agent -- (a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations)


• agent -- (a substance that exerts some force or effect)


• agent, factor, broker -- (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)


• agent, federal agent -- (any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau)


• agentive role, agent -- (the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause)