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
• mechanisms
• organs
• incentives
• tools
• powers
• ministries
• ingredients
• machineries
• influences
• weapons
• reasons
• determinants
• catalysts
• mediums
• drivers
• executors
• activators
• generators
• causes
• stimuli
• movers
• launchers
• subagents
• impetuses
• instigators
• expedients
• inspirations
• triggers
• antecedents
• animators
• 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
• factors
• reps
• envoys
• procurators
• commissaries
• diplomats
• spokesmen
• distributors
• surrogates
• operatives
• spies
• informers
• plenipotentiaries
• diplomatists
• substitutes
• foreign ministers
• replacements
• brokers
• liaisons
• intermediaries
• emissaries
• legates
• mediators
• alternates
• speakers
• subs
• middlemen
• arbitrators
• conciliators
• arbiters
• spokespeople
• intercessors
• peacemakers
• pinch hitters
• backups
• understudies
• stand-ins
• prophets
• mouthpieces
• compradors
• reliefs
• go-betweens
• point people
• interposers
• point men

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of agents

Earlier this year, a gunman from California stormed a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and exchanged fire with Secret Service agents before being subdued. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026

The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele, was spotted by plainclothes federal agents who observed odd behavior and subsequently contacted the Lomita Sheriff Department deputies. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2026

Just last week, OpenAI and Anthropic revealed that their AI agents accessed the internet during testing and hacked into other companies’ systems. — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Bots, however, do not mind having to carry out dozens or hundreds of individual transactions—meaning that information and data of all sorts can now be sold piecemeal, often for pennies, to thousands or millions of AI agents holding stablecoins. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

At some protests, agents deployed flash-bangs and pepper balls and protesters threw rocks and bottles. — Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026