general agent has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 2 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is special agent.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for general agent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.