general agent

Questions about general agent

What does general agent mean?

general agent means "someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for general agent?

Close synonyms include universal agent, insurance broker, insurance agent, underwriter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of general agent?

The recorded antonyms are special agent.

Is general agent a common word?

general agent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.