NEGOTIATE Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

negotiate

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ni-ˈgō-shē-ˌāt

as in to arrange

to bring about through discussion and compromise wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer

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as in to manage

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers

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as in to manipulate

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls

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as in to deal

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate

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as in to execute

to carry through (as a process) to completion scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer

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Recent Examples of negotiate Steve Witkoff was actually able to negotiate a deal to redevelop the Roosevelt, a shuttered hotel in New York owned by Pakistan. —

Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 Get help from a debt relief professional If negotiating on your own feels overwhelming, a debt relief company or credit counseling agency can step in to help. —

Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 Republicans and the White House have been willing to negotiate on some points, but a final agreement remains elusive. —

ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026 Senate Majority Leader John Thune negotiated for weeks with Democratic senators. —

Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for negotiate

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The concierge specializes in Kyoto’s cultural events, and can help access exclusive ochaya with an interpreter, score tickets to the theater, book dinner reservations, a huge help in Kyoto, or help arrange meetings with monks and priests at the city’s Shinto shrines and temples.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
These could be arranged into longer, songlike sequences that played automatically.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026