Agent and Tactic

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Tactic noun - A plan for attaining a particular goal.

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Agent and tactic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Tactic".

Nearby Words: tact, tactics, tactical, tactician, tactically

old	old agent	old tactic
good	good agent	good tactic
best	best agent	best tactic
single	single agent	single tactic
Other adjectives: brilliant, effective, powerful, actual, real, successful, main, new, deadly, recurring.

An effective tactic is to make it chase an agent instead of spending power to capture it repeatedly.

Source: Video Game / Invisible, Inc.
So, instead of going with the typical Take Me to Your Leader tactic, they have chosen to, first, hire a human agent to prepare humanity for the contact.

Source: Literature / Agent To The Stars
Times Like This: Agent Scott's wife isn't above using this tactic to get him on board with Cassie's current scheme.

Source: Lysistrata Gambit

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