Agent and Ghost

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Ghost noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.

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Agent and ghost are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Ghost".

Nearby Words: ghostly, ghosted, ghosting

human	human agent	human ghost
old	old agent	old ghost
good	good agent	good ghost
female	female agent	female ghost
Other adjectives: certain, alien, dead, single, powerful, actual, evil, main, young, beautiful, ultimate, new, mysterious, titular, last, said, mad, amnesiac, eponymous.

In a twist, the "literary agent" (that is, the author) is killed off at the very beginning and the story was supposedly uploaded to Fanfiction.Net by his ghost.

Source: Direct Line to the Author
Agent Scully: He has fought against martians, robots, pirates, ghosts, ghost pirates, etc.

Source: Series / El Chapulín Colorado
In Just Like Heaven, the ghost of Elizabeth instructs Daryl (the only one who can see her) to use vodka as a sterilizing agent when performing impromptu surgery on a man in a restaurant.

Source: Heal It with Booze

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