Agent and Rival

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Agent

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

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Rival

Rival noun - One that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value.

Agent and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

How words are described

fellow fellow agent fellow rival
old old agent old rival
good good agent good rival
female female agent female rival
Other adjectives: best, handsome, dead, powerful, actual, real, successful, male, main, young, ultimate, new, former, ruthless, mysterious, unknown, titular, last, competent, greatest, recurring, said.

Both words in one sentence

  • An international incident between two rival human powers threatens to spark a war, and XCOM is sending in one of their best agents to investigate the cause: Major Adam Shepard, a Sentinel special agent who is part of the XCOM Psionic Corps.
  • The glasses are to present an illusion to his compromised colleagues.The Voracious DiplomatAn agent of vaguely-specified rank and duties, and a rival to the Dark-Spectacled Admiral.
  • Series / The Pinkertons Byron Thomas, a Federal agent posing as a book publisher, kills a "rival" who plans to publish Rose Greenhow's scandal-ridden biography.
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