negotiate

The word “negotiate” has 4 syllables: ne-go-ti-ate

It's pronounced as /nɪˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for negotiate?

In the thesaurus, “negotiate” has 159 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for negotiate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for negotiate

  • accommodate
  • accomplish
  • ace
  • achieve
  • actualize
  • address
  • adjudicate
  • adjust
  • agree
  • arbitrate
  • argue
  • arrange
  • attain
  • bargain
  • barter
  • bicker
  • brew
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • bring to terms
  • bury the hatchet
  • buy
  • captain
  • carry off
  • carry out
  • chaffer
  • clash
  • clear
  • come across with
  • come to grips with
  • command
  • commit
  • comparison shop
  • compass
  • complete
  • compose
  • concert
  • conciliate
  • conclude
  • concoct
  • conduct
  • confer
  • connect
  • connive
  • consult
  • contract
  • contrive
  • control
  • covenant
  • cut a deal
  • deal
  • debate
  • dicker
  • direct
  • discuss
  • do
  • effect
  • effectuate
  • end
  • engineer
  • exchange
  • execute
  • field
  • fight
  • finagle
  • finesse
  • finish
  • frame
  • fulfil
  • fulfill
  • gerrymander
  • get around
  • get off
  • get over
  • get past
  • go through
  • guide
  • hack
  • haggle
  • hammer out
  • hammer out a deal
  • handle
  • hassle
  • hatch
  • have a grip on
  • hawk
  • horse-trade
  • hurdle
  • implement
  • intercede
  • intrigue
  • jockey
  • leap over
  • machinate
  • make
  • make a deal
  • make peace
  • make terms
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • mastermind
  • mediate
  • micromanage
  • moderate
  • nail
  • network
  • overleap
  • palter
  • parley
  • pass
  • pass through
  • peddle
  • perform
  • perpetrate
  • play
  • plot
  • practice
  • practise
  • prosecute
  • pull
  • pull off
  • purchase
  • put through
  • quarrel
  • quarterback
  • quibble
  • realize
  • reason
  • reduplicate
  • reenact
  • referee
  • regulate
  • renegotiate
  • repeat
  • run
  • scheme
  • settle
  • squabble
  • steer
  • step in
  • stipulate
  • surmount
  • swap
  • swing
  • take
  • talk
  • talk over
  • trade
  • transact
  • treat
  • umpire
  • vault
  • wangle
  • wheel and deal
  • wind up
  • work out
  • work out a deal
  • wrangle

Antonyms for negotiate

  • blow
  • bobble
  • botch
  • bungle
  • butcher
  • confuse
  • contend
  • deny
  • disagree
  • disarrange
  • fail
  • flub
  • foozle
  • fumble
  • ignore
  • keep
  • louse up
  • mangle
  • mishandle
  • mix up
  • muff
  • refuse
  • remain
  • scamp
  • skimp
  • slight
  • slur
  • stay
  • unsuit
  • upset

Meanings of negotiate

  • verb
    1. To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
    2. To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.
    3. To succeed in coping with, or getting over something.
    4. To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
    5. To transact business; to carry on trade.
    6. To intrigue; to scheme.

Example Sentences

  • It is important to negotiate effectively to achieve a fair agreement for both parties.
  • They plan to negotiate the terms of the contract next week to ensure everything is clear.
  • Good leaders know how to negotiate conflicts and bring people together.
  • Before finalizing the deal, we need to negotiate the price with the supplier.
  • She was able to negotiate a better salary during her job interview.

On this page you'll find 189 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to negotiate, such as: accommodate, accomplish, ace, achieve, actualize, address, adjudicate.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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hack

  • KO
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  • negotiate
  • neophyte
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  • wear
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  • well-worn
  • welt
  • whack
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipping
  • whop
  • workhorse

haggle

  • accommodation
  • accord
  • agreement
  • argue
  • arrangement
  • bargain
  • barter
  • beat down
  • bicker
  • buy
  • cavil
  • chaffer
  • clash
  • comparison shop
  • compromise
  • concession
  • concurrence
  • consensus
  • cut a deal
  • deal
  • dicker
  • dispute
  • exchange
  • fight
  • give-and-take
  • hammer out a deal
  • hassle
  • hawk
  • horse trade
  • horse-trade
  • make a deal
  • mediation
  • negotiate
  • negotiation
  • palter
  • peddle
  • purchase
  • quarrel
  • quibble
  • settlement
  • squabble
  • trade
  • treaty
  • understanding
  • wheel and deal
  • wrangle

machinate

  • arrange
  • brew
  • captain
  • cogitate
  • collude
  • come up with
  • command
  • compass
  • concert
  • conclude
  • concoct
  • conduct
  • connive
  • conspire
  • contrive
  • counterplot
  • design
  • devise
  • direct
  • engineer
  • finagle
  • finesse
  • frame
  • gerrymander
  • hammer out
  • handle
  • hatch
  • intrigue
  • invent
  • jockey
  • lay out
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • map
  • mastermind
  • negotiate
  • plan
  • play games
  • plot
  • promote
  • pull strings
  • put up
  • quarterback
  • run
  • scheme
  • shape
  • trump up
  • wangle
  • work out

quarterback

  • Dutch uncle
  • accommodate
  • accompany
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • administer
  • administrate
  • advise
  • adviser
  • affect
  • agree
  • agree to
  • aide
  • architect
  • arrange
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  • attend
  • attorney
  • atune
  • authority
  • baby-sit
  • backseat driver
  • bargain for
  • be in charge
  • be in saddle
  • be in the saddle
  • be on duty
  • be responsible for
  • beacon
  • block out
  • blueprint
  • boss
  • brainstorm
  • bring
  • bring on
  • builder
  • bully
  • buttinsky
  • calculate
  • call
  • call the play
  • call the shots
  • call the signals
  • captain
  • carry on
  • cause
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • chart
  • clubhouse lawyer
  • coach
  • coerce
  • combine
  • come to terms
  • command
  • commander
  • compel
  • compromise
  • concert
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  • conduce
  • conduct
  • confidant
  • conform
  • conspire
  • construct
  • consultant
  • contemplate
  • contrive
  • contriver
  • control
  • control the affairs of
  • convey
  • convoy
  • cook up
  • coordinate
  • correlate
  • counsel
  • counselor
  • coxswain
  • crack the whip
  • craft
  • deal with
  • decide
  • design
  • designer
  • determine
  • developer
  • devise
  • direct
  • director
  • discipline
  • dispose
  • doctor
  • dominate
  • domineer
  • draft
  • drive
  • educate
  • employ
  • encourage
  • engineer
  • escort
  • establish
  • excite
  • expert
  • eye
  • figure on
  • figure out
  • finagler
  • find a way
  • fix to
  • force
  • form
  • formulate
  • formulator
  • frame
  • friend
  • galvanize
  • generator
  • get
  • get act together
  • get it together
  • get ready
  • get the jump on
  • go along with
  • go out in front
  • govern
  • guard
  • guide
  • hammer out a deal
  • handle
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  • harmonize
  • hatch
  • hatcher
  • have a handle on
  • have the say
  • head
  • head up
  • hearten
  • helm
  • helper
  • herd
  • hold purse strings
  • hold sway over
  • hold the reins
  • impel
  • inaugurator
  • incline
  • induce
  • influence
  • initiate
  • initiator
  • inspect
  • inspire
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  • instituter
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  • instruct
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  • integrate
  • intrigue
  • introduce
  • invent
  • iron out
  • judge
  • keep
  • keep an eye on
  • kibitzer
  • launch
  • lawyer
  • lay in provisions
  • lay out
  • lead
  • leader
  • line up
  • look after
  • machinator
  • make a connection
  • make arrangements
  • make ready
  • maker
  • manage
  • manager
  • maneuver
  • maneuverer
  • manipulate
  • map
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  • marshal
  • mastermind
  • meditate
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  • mesh
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  • move
  • navigate
  • negotiate
  • operate
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  • originate
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  • outline
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  • partner
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  • pilot
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  • pool
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  • prepare
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  • priest
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  • project
  • promote
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  • pull a wire
  • pull things together
  • pull together
  • push buttons
  • ready
  • reckon on
  • reconcile
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  • referee
  • regiment
  • regulate
  • reign
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  • represent
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  • ride herd on
  • righthand man
  • righthand person
  • rough in
  • route
  • rule
  • run
  • run the show
  • run things
  • safeguard
  • schedule
  • scheme
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  • see
  • serve
  • set out
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  • settle
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  • shepherd
  • show
  • show around
  • show in
  • show the way
  • sit on top of
  • sketch
  • skipper
  • span
  • spark
  • spawner
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  • squire
  • steer
  • subject
  • subjugate
  • superintend
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  • sway
  • synchronize
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  • tailor
  • take care of
  • take charge
  • take the reins
  • teach
  • teacher
  • team up
  • tend
  • tipster
  • tout
  • trace
  • trail-blaze
  • trailblaze
  • train
  • traverse
  • tutor
  • usher
  • watch
  • watch over
  • work out
  • work out a deal

umpire

  • adjudge
  • adjudicate
  • adjudicator
  • arbiter
  • arbitrate
  • arbitrator
  • assessor
  • compromiser
  • conciliator
  • conclude
  • consider
  • decide
  • decider
  • deem
  • deliberate
  • determine
  • go-between
  • hear
  • inspector
  • intermediary
  • intermediate
  • judge
  • jurist
  • justice
  • magistrate
  • mediate
  • mediator
  • mediatrix
  • moderate
  • moderator
  • negotiate
  • negotiator
  • peacemaker
  • ponder
  • proprietor
  • prosecute
  • reconciler
  • redetermine
  • ref
  • referee
  • rejudge
  • resolve
  • settle
  • settler
  • size up
  • troubleshooter
  • try
  • ump
  • weigh

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