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something used to achieve an end<the whitening agent in the detergent is chlorine bleach><the Church has been the traditional agent for social justice in impoverished countries>Synonymsagency, instrument, instrumentality, machinery, means, medium, organ, vehicleRelated Wordsdeterminant, expedient, factor, influence, ingredient, mechanism, tool; activator, catalyst, driver, energizer, executor, generator, instigator, launcher, mover, power, stimulus, trigger
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a person who acts or does business for another<the sports agent negotiated a record-breaking contract for the baseball player>Synonymsattorney, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, factor, procurator, proxy, representativeRelated Wordsambassador, emissary, foreign minister, legate, minister; alternate, backup, pinch hitter, relief, replacement, stand-in, sub, substitute, surrogate, understudy; informer, operative, spy; broker, distributor, manager; arbiter, arbitrator, go-between, intercessor, intermediary, interposer, liaison, mediator, middleman; mouthpiece, spokesperson
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