Agent and Boss

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Boss and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Boss" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Boss noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.

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Agent and boss are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Boss".

Nearby Words: bossy, bossed, bossing

human	human agent	human boss
old	old agent	old boss
good	good agent	good boss
female	female agent	female boss
Other adjectives: special, best, certain, single, corrupt, powerful, actual, real, male, evil, black, main, new, former, ruthless, last, recurring, said, previous, triple.

Being an agent of the Lich King, he comes back zombified as the final boss of the Trials of the Champion instance, resurrecting the announcer who he force choked earlier as a ghoul.

Source: One Winged Angel / Video Games
When Max and his boss are in a gunfight with a KAOS agent, Max suddenly stands up and says that he's going on strike until his boss approves a better contract for him.

Source: Bottomless Magazines
On Justified, a corrupt FBI agent working for mob boss Nicky Augustine chooses to kill himself rather than be arrested because he believes that merely being arrested will cause Nicky to have the agent's family killed.

Source: The Mob Boss Is Scarier

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