Operative and Proxy

Operative

Operative noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.

Proxy and operative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proxy" instead a noun "Operative".

Proxy

Proxy noun - A person who acts or does business for another.
Usage example: sent a proxy to the meeting to cast his vote for him
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Synonyms for Proxy

Operative and proxy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Operative" instead a noun "Proxy".

How words are described

female female operative female proxy
best best operative best proxy
willing willing operative willing proxy
secret secret operative secret proxy
Other adjectives: new.

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Ergo Proxy Ergo Proxy is the story of an amnesiac immigrant named Vincent Law and the intelligence operative Re-l Mayer, as they are caught up in the tangled web of secrets surrounding the city of Romdeau and the truth behind the chaos.
  • The Comically Serious Re-L in Ergo Proxy gets this a couple of times, due to her being a Very Serious Intelligence Operative...who ended up Walking the Earth with Vincent, who is effectively The Fool with superpowers.
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