Agentive role and Agent

Agentive role

Agentive role noun - The semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.
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Synonyms for Agentive role

Agent is a synonym for agentive role. In some cases you can use "Agent" instead a noun phrase "Agentive role".

Agent

Agent noun - The semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.
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Synonyms for Agent

Agentive role is a synonym for agent. You can use "Agentive role" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential
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Agent and Agentive role. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/agentive_role/agent
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