Agent and Technique

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

Show all Definitions

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

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Technique noun - The means or procedure for doing something.

Show all Definitions

Agent and technique are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Technique".

old	old agent	old technique
good	good agent	good technique
special	special agent	special technique
best	best agent	best technique
Other adjectives: certain, single, effective, powerful, actual, real, main, ultimate, new, deadly, last, greatest, said, sexy.

She got the technique from the 2nd Division agent (and her manager) Shinji Ogawa, who is good enough to do it using bullets.

Source: Anime / Senki Zesshou Symphogear
For crook turned secret agent Jim DiGriz this is a basic survival technique, seeing as he works in a universe of omniscient surveillance and paranoid secret policemen.

Source: Master of Disguise
Agent K of Men in Black has no compunctions about blowing the head off of the immortal alien informant Jeebs as part of his regular interrogation technique.

Source: Immortal Life Is Cheap

Cite this Source

Technique and Agent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/agent/technique

Agent & Technique. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/agent/technique>.

Technique or Agent. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/agent/technique.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "agent" and "technique" have occurred on timeline