Agent and Sub

Agent

Agent noun - A person who acts or does business for another.
Usage example: the sports agent negotiated a record-breaking contract for the baseball player
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Synonyms for Agent

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

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Sub

Sub noun - A person or thing that takes the place of another.
Usage example: we had a sub in English today, so we didn't get our test results back
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Synonyms for Sub

Agent and sub are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Sub".

Both words in one sentence

  • Many aboard the sub regard Boris Vaslov with suspicion, until the intel agent, as the Cloudcuckoolander's Minder, vouches for him.
  • The show has developed a very specific sub-trope of its own in which an (often unwilling) agent of the Daleks betrays them and tells them off, only to get exterminated, of course.
  • Head-in-the-Sand Management This includes when an Inquest agent openly attacked the Council and they decided to have the event sent to a sub-committee rather than censure the attacker.
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