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, 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, agency, 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, 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. Juliette Kayyem:

   It isn't a question of are they are professional enough... the question is, they should be paid, and as the secretary of any agency,( Nielsen) should be advocating for Kirstjen Nielsen employees to be paid instead of saying it's OK for them to work without pay.

2. Bennie Thompson:

   Worse yet, they did not fix the error when it was discovered months before the election, the money that the agency needlessly and erroneously paid the campaigns is sorely needed to help fund critical Secret Service activities that have faced recent budget cuts -- including investigations into cyber and financial crimes.

3. Erika Shields:

   I think it's necessary because police reform quite honestly is needed in every agency across the country, if us, at Louisville LMPD are going to be one of the flagship departments for change, then bring it on.

4. Sarah Palin:

   If I were head of that (agency,) I'd get rid of it, and I'd let the states start having more control over the lands that are within their boundaries and the people who are affected by the developments within their states.

5. David Vladeck:

   The FTC’s not the agency’s fault, the FTC’s been asking Congress to give it more authority for decades.