Agent can mean:
- In linguistics, Agent (grammar), one of the thematic roles: the participant of a situation that carries out an action. Replaces "subject" in placement typology.
- Agent (law), a person authorised to act on behalf of another person
- literary agent, a person who represents a writer
- sports agent, a professional who represents an athlete
- Casting Agent, a person who finds jobs for actors, models, and other people in various entertainment businesses.
- Press agent, publicist who acts on behalf of a client on all matters involving public relations
- Agent (economics)
- Espionage, secret agent, a spy
- Double agent, in spying
- Election agent, a person responsible for a candidate's campaign
- Free agent, a sports player who is out of contract
- Real estate broker, or real estate agent
- Yacht broker, or yacht agent
- Yacht charter broker, or yacht charter agent
- Agent provocateur, A person assigned to provoke unrest, violence, debate, or argument by or within a group while acting as a member of the group but covertly representing the interests of another
- Agent noun (or nomen agentis), one of the derivatemes (a topic from linguistic morphology)
- In science:
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