nnoun.objectan active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effectExamples:- their research uncovered new disease agents
Derivationally Related Form:agency
Hypernyms:causal agency causal agent cause
Inherited Hypernyms:agentcausal agentphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:biohazardbiological agenteliminatorenlivenerimpairerinfectious agentinfective agentinvigoratorlethal agentmotormutagenpressorquickenerrelaxerrepresserrepressorretardantretardationretardentsatisfiershortenerstressorteratogentransmittervasoconstrictivevasoconstrictorvectorweakener
Full Hyponyms:adenovirusadrenergicalphavirusangiotensinangiotensin iangiotensin iianimal virusarbovirusarenaviridaearenavirusbacteriophagebiological agentbunyaviridaebunyaviruscarrierchillchillinesscoldnesscoliphagecoolcosmidcoxsackieviruscytomegalovirusebola virusechoviruseliminatorenterovirusepinephrineepstein-barr virusfilovirusflaviviridaeflavivirusfrostinesshepadnavirushepatitis a virusherpesherpes simplexherpes simplex 1herpes simplex 2herpes varicella zosterherpes zosterhuman immunodeficiency virushuman papilloma virushuman t-cell leukemia virus-1impairerinfectious agentjunin viruslassa viruslethal agentliposomal delivery vectorlymphocytic choriomeningitis viruslypressinlyssavirusmachupo virusmarburg virusmotormutagenmyxoma virusmyxovirusnaphazolinenicotinenoradrenalineobliteratoronion yellow-dwarf virusorthomyxoviruspapovavirusparainfluenza virusparamyxovirusparvoviruspathogenphenylephrinephenylpropanolaminepicornavirusplant viruspolioviruspolyomapotato yellow-dwarf viruspoxvirusquickenerrelaxerreoviridaereovirusrepressorrespiratory syncytial virusretardantretrovirusrhabdoviridaerhabdovirusrhinovirusrotavirussatisfiershortenerslow virusstressorteratogenthalidomidetobacco mosaic virustogaviridaetransducing vectortumor virustyphoid bacteriophagevaricella zoster virusvariola majorvariola minorvariola virusvasoconstrictorvasopressinvasopressorvectorvesiculovirusviral delivery vectorviroidvirusweakenerwest nile viruswound tumor virus
nnoun.persona representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizationsDerivationally Related Form:agencyagential
Hypernyms:representative
Inherited Hypernyms:agentrepresentativenegotiatorcommunicatorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:agentrepresentativenegotiatorcommunicatorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:baileebookerbooking agentbusiness agentdeputyemployment agentfreight agentgeneral agentgovernment agenthandlerintelligence agentintelligence officerliterary agentmill agentnext friendoperativeparliamentary agentplaceholderprocuratorproxypurchasing agentsecret agentshipping agentshopperspecial agentsurrogatetalent agentuniversal agent
Full Hyponyms:action officeractor's agentagent-in-placeagent provocateurbaileebookerbridge agentbusiness agentcase officercodetalkercounterspydeputydouble agentemployment agentespionage agentexhibitorfootforeign agentfreight agentg-mangovernment agenthandlerinfiltratorliterary agentmill agentnext friendnocorgan-grinderparliamentary agentpornographerproxypurchasing agentrevenuersecret agentshipping agentshoppershowmansleeperspecial agentspyt-mantalent agentuniversal agentvicegerentwalk-in
nnoun.substancea substance that exerts some force or effectHypernyms:causal agency causal agent cause substance
Inherited Hypernyms:agentcausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:agentsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:alkaliseralkalizerantacidantiacidantiflatulentantifungalantifungal agentantimicrobialantimicrobicantimycoticantimycotic agentbacteriostatblanching agentbleachbleaching agentchemical agentcoagulantcoagulatorcoolantdiluentdilutantdisinfectantdrugemmenagoguefungicidegalactagoguegastric antacidgermicidehypnagoguehypoglycaemic agenthypoglycemic agentinducerlactifugelactogenmitogennerve agentnerve gasprecipitantsolvating agentthinnervermicideviricidevirucidewhitener
Full Hyponyms:abortifacientabortion pillabsinthacapulco goldace inhibitoracebutololacetaminophenacetanilideacetophenetidinacidacousticactifedactinomycinactive agentactive placeboacycloviradamagonistalbuterolalcoholalealendronatealka-seltzeralkylating agentallopurinolaloesalpha-interferonalpha blockeralprazolamaltar winealumamarettoaminophyllineaminopyrineamiodaroneamitriptylineamlodipine besylateamobarbitalamobarbital sodiumamontilladoamoxicillinamphetamineamphetamine sulfateamphotericinampicillinamrinoneamyl nitrateanalepticanalgesicanestheticanesthylangiogenesis inhibitoranionic detergentanisetteantacidantagonistanti-inflammatoryanti-tnf compoundantiarrhythmicantibacterialantibioticanticholinergicanticholinesteraseanticoagulantanticonvulsantantidepressantantidiabeticantidiarrhealantidiureticantidoteantiemeticantiflatulentantifungalantihistamineantihypertensiveantimalarialantimetaboliteantimycinantineoplasticantineoplastic 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nnoun.persona businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commissionSynset:broker factor
Derivationally Related Form:brokeragential
Member Holonyms:brokerage brokerage firm securities firm
Hypernyms:bourgeois businessperson
Inherited Hypernyms:agentbusinesspersoncapitalistpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:agentbusinesspersoncapitalistpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:auctioneerestate agentgeneral agenthouse agentinsurance agentinsurance brokerinvestment bankerland agentreal estate agentreal estate brokership brokerstockbrokersyndictravel agentunderwriter
Full Hyponyms:auctioneerinsurance brokerinvestment bankerkiller beereal estate brokerrealtorship brokerstockbrokersyndictravel agent
nnoun.personany agent or representative of a federal agency or bureauSynset:federal agent
Derivationally Related Form:agential
Hypernyms:functionary official
Inherited Hypernyms:agentofficialskilled workerworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:agentofficialskilled workerworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:FedFederalIndian agentfederal officialtrustbuster
Full Hyponyms:federalindian agenttrustbuster
nnoun.communicationthe semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clauseSynset:agentive role
Hypernyms:participant role semantic role
Inherited Hypernyms:agentive rolesemantic rolegrammatical categoryclasscollectiongroupabstractionentity