chemical agent

1. 1.

   an agent that produces chemical reactions

   Broaderagent

   Narroweractive agentreagentdesiccantoxidantreducing agentscavengerwetting agentvesicant

Questions about chemical agent

What does chemical agent mean?

chemical agent means "an agent that produces chemical reactions".

Is chemical agent a common word?

chemical agent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.