What are some opposite words for agency?
Antonyms for agency
ˈeɪ dʒən siagen·cy
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term agency.
Wiktionary
agencynoun
Synonyms:
management, operation, action, instrumentality, efficiencyagencynoun
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, operationagencynoun
agent
Synonyms:
action, instrumentality, efficiency, operation, managementagencynoun
The office of an agent, or factor.
Synonyms:
operation, management, action, efficiency, instrumentalityagencynoun
The relation between a principal and his agent.
Synonyms:
action, efficiency, management, operation, instrumentalityagencynoun
Business of one entrusted with the concerns of another.
Synonyms:
efficiency, operation, instrumentality, management, actionagencynoun
The place of business of an agent.
Synonyms:
efficiency, management, action, instrumentality, operationagencynoun
A bond issued by a US government-backed entity, such as Fannie Mae.
Synonyms:
instrumentality, efficiency, management, operation, action
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Antonyms:
failure, inaction, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, inutility, powerlessness, uselessnessSynonyms:
action, effect, execution, force, influence, operation, performance, procedure, result
Matched Categories
Princeton's WordNet
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 agencyagencynoun
a business that serves other businesses
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means, government agency, representation, federal agency, way, authority, office, delegacy, bureauagencynoun
the state of being in action or exerting power
"the agency of providence"; "she has free agency"
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means, government agency, representation, federal agency, way, authority, office, delegacy, bureaurepresentation, 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, authoritymeans, 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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
agencynoun
Synonyms:
instrumentality, operation, action, mediation, means
Editors Contribution
captivity, held in chains.
agency is the power of being in operation according to ones will. being held captive, even according to anothers will, is a loss or opposition of power of operation. in a spiritual sense, a sinner is held captive to the sin, is in chains and has no, or limited agency.
satan led the sinner captive down to hell in chains.
Submitted by rinat on June 11, 2017
How to use agency in a sentence?
To anticipate both The FDA and European Medicines Agency regulatory outcome, European Medicines Agency's really the number one mission of any team or any agency.
It’s an agency that needs to be reformed, so I expect that Mick Mulvaney will be on the job and be calling the shots over there.
Republican Assemblyman James Gallagher:
Nobody here is talking about the state becoming an immigration agency or doing ICE’s job for them. It’s about whether you comply with federal law.
Protecting the public's health from dangerous amounts of pollutants in the air that we all breathe is the mandate of this agency, this can not be done without careful, deliberate and knowledgeable understanding [ of ] this complex environmental health issue. Multidisciplinary teams of scientific experts must be free to conduct thorough peer-review of the pertinent science. Millions of lives are at stake.
We traveled to accommodations, took pictures and registered information almost day and night for many months on end, it was the first time for a community in Japan to start their own travel agency and reservation system for both domestic and international travelers.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1011 | agency | |
#2278 | failure | |
#36114 | inaction | |
#38445 | inefficiency | |
#73354 | powerlessness | |
#76413 | ineffectiveness | |
#123069 | uselessness |
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