Phrase guide

secret agent

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agent

Narrower terms: agent-in-place, agent provocateur, provocateur, bridge agent, case officer, codetalker, windtalker, foot, NOC, spy, undercover agent, walk-in

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գաղտնի գործակալ (gaġtni gorcakal) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Belarusian: сакрэтны агент (sakretny ahjent) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Belarusian: таемны агент (tajemny ahjent) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Belarusian: сакрэтная агентка (sakretnaja ahjentka) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Belarusian: таемная агентка (tajemnaja ahjentka) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Chinese Mandarin: 間諜 /间谍 (jiàndié) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Chinese Mandarin: 特務 /特务 (tèwù) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Chinese Mandarin: 密探 (mìtàn) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Czech: tajný agent — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Dutch: geheim agent — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Dutch: agent — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Dutch: spion — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Estonian: salaagent — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Finnish: salainen agentti — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • French: agent secret — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • French: agente secrète — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • German: Geheimagent — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • German: Geheimagentin — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Hindi: गुप्तचर (guptacar) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Hungarian: titkosügynök — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Italian: agente segreto — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Japanese: 諜報部員 (chōbō buin) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Japanese: 軍事スパイ (gunji supai) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Japanese: 間諜 (kanchō) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Macedonian: таен аге́нт (taen agént) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Māori: mata hunahuna — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Polish: agent — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Polish: agentka — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Romanian: agent secret — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Russian: та́йный аге́нт (tájnyj agént) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Russian: секре́тный аге́нт (sekrétnyj agént) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Russian: та́йная аге́нтка (tájnaja agéntka) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Russian: секре́тная аге́нтка (sekrétnaja agéntka) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Serbo-Croatian: tajni agent — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Serbo-Croatian: тајни агент — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Spanish: agente secreto — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Spanish: agente secreta — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Swedish: hemlig agent — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Thai: สายลับ (sǎai-láp) — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential
  • Thai: สายสืบ — member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential