Agent
Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Agent
Subordinate and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subordinate" instead a noun "Agent".
Subordinate
Subordinate noun - One who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another.
Agent and subordinate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Subordinate".
How words are described
| fellow | fellow agent | fellow subordinate |
| good | good agent | good subordinate |
| female | female agent | female subordinate |
| elite | elite agent | elite subordinate |
| Other adjectives: best, certain, handsome, dead, effective, loyal, powerful, male, incompetent, evil, young, former, random, titular, last, competent, ranking. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Spoofed in Johnny English: The titular secret agent and his subordinate are sneaking through a parking lot after being shot at.
Source: Hand Signals -
In the previous movie, James Bond works with a female foreign secret agent to stop a Corrupt Corporate Executive (who eliminates a female subordinate by dropping her in a Shark Pool) from destroying the world and creating a new empire in the ocean.
Source: Film / Moonraker - In this movie, James Bond works with a female foreign secret agent to stop a Corrupt Corporate Executive (who eliminates a female subordinate by getting her fed to his dobermanns, but also has a Python Pool) from destroying the world and creating a new empire in space.
Source: Film / Moonraker
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Subordinate and Agent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/agent/subordinate
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