Abstract: An agitator for a washing machine includes a base, an agitating post extending eccentrically upwardly from the base, and agitating blades upstanding from the base. An upper surface of the agitating post is inclined with respect to horizontal by an angle up to 75 degrees. The blades extend radially in circumferentially spaced relationship around the entire base. Alternatively, the blades could extend parallel to one another on only one half of the base, the other half including an upward protrusion extending circumferentially at a location adjacent an outer periphery of that other half.