Synonyms for agency
ˈeɪ dʒən siagen·cy

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1. agencynoun

   Synonyms:
   management, operation, action, instrumentality, efficiency

2. agencynoun

   The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

   The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. --Woodward.

   Synonyms:
   instrumentality, action, efficiency, management, operation

3. agencynoun

   agent

   Synonyms:
   action, instrumentality, efficiency, operation, management

4. agencynoun

   The office of an agent, or factor.

   Synonyms:
   operation, management, action, efficiency, instrumentality

5. agencynoun

   The relation between a principal and his agent.

   Synonyms:
   action, efficiency, management, operation, instrumentality

6. agencynoun

   Business of one entrusted with the concerns of another.

   Synonyms:
   efficiency, operation, instrumentality, management, action

7. agencynoun

   The place of business of an agent.

   Synonyms:
   efficiency, management, action, instrumentality, operation

8. agencynoun

   A bond issued by a US government-backed entity, such as Fannie Mae.

   Synonyms:
   instrumentality, efficiency, management, operation, action

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1. agency

   Operation is action considered with reference to the thing acted upon, and may apply to the action of an intelligent agent or of a material substance or force; as, the operation of a medicine. Performance and execution denote intelligent action, considered with reference to the actor or to that which he accomplishes; performance accomplishing the will of the actor, execution often the will of another; we speak of the performance of a duty, the execution of a sentence. Compare ACT.

   Synonyms:
   action, effect, execution, force, influence, operation, performance, procedure, result

   Antonyms:
   failure, inaction, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, inutility, powerlessness, uselessness

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1. agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authoritynoun

   an administrative unit of government

   "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

   Synonyms:
   assurance, billet, berth, means, confidence, chest of drawers, spot, bureau, delegacy, role, office staff, function, dominance, post, dresser, sanction, part, authority, self-assurance, power, way, say-so, sureness, place, representation, government agency, chest, position, business office, self-confidence, potency, authorisation, situation, office, authorization, federal agency

2. agencynoun

   a business that serves other businesses

   Synonyms:
   means, government agency, representation, federal agency, way, authority, office, delegacy, bureau

3. agencynoun

   the state of being in action or exerting power

   "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency"

   Synonyms:
   means, government agency, representation, federal agency, way, authority, office, delegacy, bureau

4. representation, delegacy, agencynoun

   the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

   Synonyms:
   delegacy, government agency, histrionics, federal agency, theatrical performance, commission, deputation, way, mental representation, delegation, theatrical, internal representation, bureau, office, means, representation, mission, authority

5. means, agency, waynoun

   how a result is obtained or an end is achieved

   "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"

   Synonyms:
   direction, government agency, manner, way, delegacy, elbow room, substance, style, federal agency, path, way of life, bureau, office, means, representation, fashion, authority, mode, room

Matched Categories

1. • Action
   • Administrative Unit

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1. agencynoun

   Synonyms:
   intervention, instrumentality, mediation, action, operation, force, influence, procurement

2. agencynoun

   Synonyms:
   charge, direction, management, superintendence, supervision

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1. agencynoun

   Synonyms:
   instrumentality, operation, action, mediation, means

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1. List of paraphrases for "agency":

   office, body, agence, organism, organization, agencies, 'agence, iaea, agenzia, 'agenzia, unrwa, agencia, board, institution, cfia, authority, organisation, officio, bodies, 'office, office, cra, institutions, cida, organizations, charity, agentur, neb, pti, ccra, entity

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1. Susan Collins:

   One has to question what has happened to (the FAA's safety) commitment - whether resource shortages have caused the agency to be too deferential to the aircraft manufacturer and whether it is really wise in the case of Boeing to have allowed the company to certify 96% of its own work.

2. Brandon Judd:

   These individuals do not have passports or legal documents to be in Mexico, yet you got an agency that’s helping them get to our [U.S.] border.

3. Jessica Rich:

   If someone is selling a small number, like a couple dozen, a federal agency isn't going to bring action against someone doing this at that scale, especially if they're open about the price.

4. Dick Durbin:

   No idea what they are going to find, i think the FBI is the appropriate agency and that's where it was referred.

5. Geddes Scott:

   The agency wasn't listening to us, the parachutes and help that are supposed to be there for employees, those are just fallacies.