Agent
Agent noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.
Usage example: an agent feeding information about enemy troop movements
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Synonyms for Agent
Intelligencer and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intelligencer" instead a noun "Agent". archaic substitute
Intelligencer
Intelligencer noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.
Usage example: as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed
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Synonyms for Intelligencer
Agent and intelligencer are semantically related. You can use "Agent" instead a noun "Intelligencer".
Nearby Word: intelligence
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- spook and agent
- spook and intelligencer
- messenger and agent
- messenger and intelligencer
- operative and agent
- operative and intelligencer
- spy and agent
- spy and intelligencer
- go-between and agent
- go-between and intelligencer
- runner and agent
- runner and intelligencer
- courier and agent
- courier and intelligencer
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