Agent
Rival
Rival noun - One that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value.
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.
Source: Fanfic / Vigil - 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.
Source: Characters / Sunless Sea -
Byron Thomas, a Federal agent posing as a book publisher, kills a "rival" who plans to publish Rose Greenhow's scandal-ridden biography.
Source: Series / The Pinkertons
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