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matchmaker

[mach-mey-ker] / ˈmætʃˌmeɪ kər /
NOUN
go-between
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arbitrator emissary intermediary liaison mediator messenger negotiator proxy
STRONG
attorney broker dealer delegate deputy entrepreneur envoy factor intercessor intermediate intermediator medium referee representative
WEAK
interagent interceder marriage broker
NOUN
interceder
Synonyms
WEAK
arbitrator attorney broker dealer delegate deputy emissary entrepreneur envoy factor interagent intercessor intermediary intermediate intermediator liaison mediator medium messenger middleman negotiator proxy referee representative
NOUN
intermediator
Synonyms
STRONG
arbitrator attorney broker dealer delegate deputy emissary entrepreneur envoy factor intercessor intermediary intermediate liaison mediator medium messenger middleman negotiator proxy referee representative
WEAK
interagent interceder

Example Sentences

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After waiting for years for a suitor, Aisha is frustrated and has turned now to enlist the services of an online matchmaker site to find a husband of her dreams: rich and educated.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

She once hired a matchmaker, and recently attended a run club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

As Lucy, a New York matchmaker, Johnson’s character has turned the intangibles into her trade.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025

The story follows the life of the naïve and lovably spoiled teenager, who plays matchmaker with her friends before ultimately finding love herself.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

But when she’d told the matchmaker there wasn’t any hurry, I’d thought that she wanted to help me, that she was buying time so she could change Ba’s mind.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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