agential
adjective, noun
agential is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-G-E-N-T-I-A-L, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does agential mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.
- 2
That forms agent nouns.
noun
- 1
An affix that forms agent nouns.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of agential
- more agential comparative
- most agential superlative
- agentials plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is agential?
Agential appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Agential in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to an agent or an agency:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | agentiel |
| Portuguese | agencial |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does agential come from?
From agent + -ial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).