 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
agent
noun
1: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a
certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease
agents"
2: a substance that exerts some force or effect
3: a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or
organizations
4: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for
a commission [syn: {factor}, {broker}]
5: any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
[syn: {federal agent}]
6: the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or
causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause
[syn: {agentive role}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Agent \A"gent\, adjective [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act;
akin to Gr. ? to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. [root]2.]
Acting; -- opposed to {patient}, or sustaining, action.
[Archaic] ''The body agent.'' --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Agent \A"gent\, noun
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, such as a physical, chemical, or
medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
4. (Biochem., Med.) a chemical substance having biological
effects; a drug.
[PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
275 Moby Thesaurus words for "agent":
Charlie McCarthy, Federal, acid, acidity, acolyte, activator,
actor, adjutant, administrator, advocate, agency, aid, aide,
aide-de-camp, aider, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, amanuensis,
amicus curiae, ancilla, anion, antacid, appliance, appointee,
architect, assignee, assistant, atom, attendant, attorney,
attorney-at-law, author, auxiliary, baggage agent, barrister,
barrister-at-law, base, begetter, beginner, best man, biochemical,
broker, business agent, buyer, candidate, catalyst, cation, cause,
causer, channel, chemical, chemical element, chromoisomer,
claim agent, clerk, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix,
commercial agent, commission agent, commissionaire, commissioner,
compound, conductor, connection, consignee, contrivance, copolymer,
counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, creator, creature,
customer agent, delegate, deputy, device, dimer, directeur,
director, distributor, doer, driver, dummy, dupe, effector,
element, emissary, energizer, engenderer, engineer, envoy,
executant, executive, executive officer, executor, executrix,
fabricator, factor, father, fed, federal agent, force,
freight agent, friend at court, front, front man, functionary,
general agent, generator, go-between, governor, handler, handmaid,
handmaiden, heavy chemicals, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet,
high polymer, homopolymer, hydracid, implement, impresario,
ingredient, inorganic chemical, inspirer, instigator, instrument,
instrumentality, instrumentation, insurance agent, intendant,
interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate,
intermediate agent, intermediator, intermedium, internuncio,
intervener, interventionist, interventor, ion, isomer, jobber,
land agent, law agent, lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor,
legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist, legate, lever, liaison,
licensee, lieutenant, link, literary agent, loan agent,
macromolecule, maker, manager, manipulator, means, mechanism,
mediary, mediator, medium, metamer, middleman, midwife, minion,
minister, ministry, molecule, monomer, mother, mouthpiece, mover,
negotiant, negotiator, negotiatress, negotiatrix, neutralizer,
news agent, nominee, nonacid, official, ombudsman, operant,
operative, operator, organ, organic chemical, originator, oxyacid,
paranymph, paraprofessional, parent, parliamentary agent,
passenger agent, pawn, performer, perpetrator, pilot, plaything,
pleader, polymer, power, practitioner, press agent, prime mover,
primum mobile, proctor, procurator, producer, proxy, pseudoisomer,
puppet, purchasing agent, radical, reagent, real estate agent,
rector, representative, responsible person, runner, sales agent,
sea lawyer, second, secretary, selectee, self-styled lawyer,
servant, sideman, sire, slave, solicitor, special agent, spokesman,
spokesperson, spokeswoman, spook, spy, station agent, steersman,
steward, stooge, subject, substitute, sulfacid, supercargo,
supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, surrogate,
theatrical agent, ticket agent, tie, tool, toy, travel agent,
trimer, undercover man, vehicle, walking delegate, wholesaler,
worker
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
agent
In the {client-server} model, the part of the
system that performs information preparation and exchange on
behalf of a {client} or {server}. Especially in the phrase
"intelligent agent" it implies some kind of automatic process
which can communicate with other agents to perform some
collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
(1995-04-09)
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