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agent Antonyms

Opposite of agent

Because the opposite of agent shifts with each meaning, the antonyms and opposite words below are separated across 2 exact definitions and ranked by contrast strength.
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• noun (Context 1)

A person who acts on behalf of another person, group, or business to manage their commercial, legal, or professional affairs.

Usage Example

"The literary principal negotiated a lucrative publishing contract for the debut novelist."

Strongest
principal
Strong
client

• noun (Context 2)

In computing and linguistics, an autonomous software program that performs tasks independently, or the semantic role of the animate entity that initiates the action of a verb.

Usage Example

"In a passive sentence, the grammatical patient is often introduced by the preposition 'by'."

Strongest
patient
Strong
recipient

Similar words to agent

Words similar to agent shift depending on context. Common synonyms include:

representative
operative
broker
doer
investigator
catalyst
proxy
actor
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• Nearby Words

agelessness
agency
agender
agent
aggravate
aggravated
aggravating

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Wordmom. (2026). Antonyms for Agent. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/antonyms/agent
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