Synonyms of agents

agents

noun

plural of agent

1

as in instrumentalities

something used to achieve an end

the whitening agent in the detergent is chlorine bleach

the Church has been the traditional agent for social justice in impoverished countries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• instrumentalities
• means
• vehicles
• instruments
• agencies
• factors
• media
• organs
• incentives
• tools
• powers
• mechanisms
• ministries
• ingredients
• machineries
• influences
• weapons
• reasons
• catalysts
• determinants
• mediums
• drivers
• activators
• executors
• causes
• generators
• instigators
• stimuli
• animators
• sub-agents
• impetuses
• launchers
• movers
• subagents
• inspirations
• expedients
• triggers
• antecedents
• sub-agencies
• energizers
• subagencies
• occasions
• instigations

2

as in representatives

a person who acts or does business for another

the sports agent negotiated a record-breaking contract for the baseball player

Synonyms & Similar Words

• representatives
• delegates
• deputies
• attorneys
• managers
• proxies
• ministers
• ambassadors
• assignees
• reps
• factors
• envoys
• procurators
• commissaries
• diplomats
• spokesmen
• distributors
• surrogates
• operatives
• spies
• informers
• diplomatists
• plenipotentiaries
• foreign ministers
• substitutes
• replacements
• brokers
• liaisons
• intermediaries
• legates
• emissaries
• mediators
• speakers
• alternates
• subs
• middlemen
• arbitrators
• conciliators
• arbiters
• spokespeople
• intercessors
• compradores
• pinch hitters
• peacemakers
• stand-ins
• understudies
• backups
• compradors
• prophets
• mouthpieces
• point people
• point men
• point persons
• reliefs
• go-betweens
• interposers

3

as in ambassadors

a person sent on a mission to represent another

an undercover agent of the Crown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ambassadors
• representatives
• delegates
• envoys
• ministers
• diplomats
• emissaries
• legates
• consuls
• missionaries
• attachés
• deputies
• proxies
• foreign ministers
• messengers
• procurators
• apostles
• nuncios
• detachments
• evangelists
• spokespeople
• legations
• ambassadresses
• couriers
• chargés d'affaires
• mouthpieces
• deputations

4

as in spies

a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country

an agent feeding information about enemy troop movements

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spies
• operatives
• assets
• informers
• secret agents
• undercover agents
• moles
• undercovers
• emissaries
• spooks
• couriers
• intelligencers
• infiltrators
• sleepers
• double agents
• counterspies
• stool pigeons
• spymasters
• superspies