AGENT
What does "AGENT" mean?
A person or thing that acts, or that acts on behalf of another.
Meanings
- A person who acts or does business on behalf of another. Her agent negotiated the book deal.
- A spy or secret operative working for a government. He was unmasked as a foreign agent.
- A substance or force that produces an effect. Bleach is a powerful cleaning agent. technical
- A software program that performs tasks autonomously on a user's behalf. The travel agent app books flights without being asked twice. technical
- In philosophy, a being that acts and has the capacity to act. Ethics treats humans as moral agents. formal
Did you know?
- An 'agent', an 'agenda', and being 'agile' share one Latin verb, 'agere' (to do or drive) - so the word for a doer and the word for a to-do list are cousins.
Word origin
From Latin 'agens', the present participle of 'agere' (to do, drive, act) - one of the most prolific Latin roots, behind 'act', 'agile', 'agenda', and 'navigate'.
Remember it
An AGENT is one who acts - and the word literally grows from Latin 'agere', to act.
A little poem
Some wait for the world to move them like a stone;
the agent moves, and calls the path their own.
couplet
What it teaches
To be an agent is to choose the verb of your life rather than be the object of someone else's.
Quick facts
What does AGENT mean?
A person or thing that acts, or that acts on behalf of another.
Is AGENT a valid word?
Yes — AGENT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is AGENT?
AGENT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does AGENT come from?
From Latin 'agens', the present participle of 'agere' (to do, drive, act) - one of the most prolific Latin roots, behind 'act', 'agile', 'agenda', and 'navigate'.
What can AGENT teach us?
To be an agent is to choose the verb of your life rather than be the object of someone else's.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.