agent
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                    Noun
                    
                an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"
                
                    Noun
                    
                a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
                
                    Noun
                    
                a substance that exerts some force or effect
                
                    Noun
                    
                a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
                
                    Noun
                    
                any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
                
                    Noun
                    
            the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
                More General Terms
                    bourgeois
                    businessperson
                    causal agency
                    causal agent
                    cause
                    functionary
                    official
                    participant role
                    representative
                    semantic role
                    substance
            
            More Specific Terms
                    alkaliser
                    alkalizer
                    antacid
                    antiacid
                    antiflatulent
                    antifungal
                    antifungal agent
                    antimicrobial
                    antimicrobic
                    antimycotic
                    antimycotic agent
                    auctioneer
                    bacteriostat
                    bailee
                    biohazard
                    biological agent
                    blanching agent
                    bleach
                    bleaching agent
                    booker
                    booking agent
                    business agent
                    chemical agent
                    coagulant
                    coagulator
                    coolant
                    deputy
                    diluent
                    dilutant
                    disinfectant
                    drug
                    eliminator
                    emmenagogue
                    employment agent
                    enlivener
                    estate agent
                    Fed
                    Federal
                    federal official
                    freight agent
                    fungicide
                    galactagogue
                    gastric antacid
                    general agent
                    germicide
                    government agent
                    handler
                    house agent
                    hypnagogue
                    hypoglycaemic agent
                    hypoglycemic agent
                    impairer
                    Indian agent
                    inducer
                    infectious agent
                    infective agent
                    insurance agent
                    insurance broker
                    intelligence agent
                    intelligence officer
                    investment banker
                    invigorator
                    lactifuge
                    lactogen
                    land agent
                    lethal agent
                    literary agent
                    mill agent
                    mitogen
                    motor
                    mutagen
                    nerve agent
                    nerve gas
                    next friend
                    operative
                    parliamentary agent
                    placeholder
                    precipitant
                    pressor
                    procurator
                    proxy
                    purchasing agent
                    quickener
                    real estate agent
                    real estate broker
                    relaxer
                    represser
                    repressor
                    retardant
                    retardation
                    retardent
                    satisfier
                    secret agent
                    ship broker
                    shipping agent
                    shopper
                    shortener
                    solvating agent
                    special agent
                    stockbroker
                    stressor
                    surrogate
                    syndic
                    talent agent
                    teratogen
                    thinner
                    transmitter
                    travel agent
                    trustbuster
                    underwriter
                    universal agent
                    vasoconstrictive
                    vasoconstrictor
                    vector
                    vermicide
                    viricide
                    virucide
                    weakener
                    whitener