Meanings
plural superagents
- A highly skilled or prominent agent, particularly in show business.
Can he really continue playing Ari Gold, the jerk superagent, without getting delusions and landing in ego-disorder rehab?
2007 April 6, Virginia Heffernan, “On Gilded Sharks and Loverboys”, in New York Times1 more example
They were talking about the Business in the 1970s - mostly about their friend and Esther's fellow International Creative Management (ICM) superagent, the late Sue Mengers.
2017, Julie Klam, The Stars in Our Eyes, The Famous, the Infamous, and Why We Care Way Too Much About Them, page 99
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Englishsuper-
- Latinagō
- Latinagēns
- Englishagent
- Englishsuperagent
Cite this entry
superagent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superagent
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