| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who negotiates agreement |
| Synonyms: | advocate, arbiter, arbitrator, broker, conciliator, fixer, go-between, interagent, interceder, intermediary, intermediator, judge, medium, middle person, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, ref, referee, rent-a-judge, troubleshooter, umpire |
| Notes: | arbitrators make a decision/judgment but mediators do not |
| Antonyms: | arguer, fighter |
| Main Entry: | arbitrator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settler of a dispute |
| Synonyms: | adjudicator, arbiter, fixer, go-between, holdout, judge, maven, mediator, middleperson, referee, umpire |
| Notes: | an arbitrator is appointed; an arbiter has no such authority but his/her opinion is valued arbitrators make a decision/judgment but mediators do not |
| Main Entry: | broker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial expert |
| Synonyms: | agent, business person, dealer, entrepreneur, factor, financier, go-between, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, mediator, merchant, middleperson, negotiator, stockbroker |
| Main Entry: | diplomat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | politician, consul |
| Synonyms: | agent, ambassador, attaché, cabinet member, chargé d'affaires, conciliator, emissary, envoy, expert, go-between, legate, mediator, minister, moderator, negotiator, plenipotentiary, public relations person, representative, tactician |
| Main Entry: | go-between |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person acting as an agent |
| Synonyms: | arbitrator, attorney, broker, dealer, delegate, deputy, emissary, entrepreneur, envoy, factor, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediator, liaison, marriage broker, matchmaker, mediator, medium, messenger, negotiator, proxy, referee, representative |
| Main Entry: | intermediary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who negotiates |
| Synonyms: | agent, broker, channel, connection, cutout, delegate, emissary, entrepreneur, fixer, go-between, influence, instrument, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediate, mediator, medium, middle person, negotiator, organ, vehicle |
| Main Entry: | messenger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person carrying information to another |
| Synonyms: | agent, ambassador, bearer, carrier, commissionaire, courier, crier, delegate, delivery person, detachment, detail, dispatcher, emissary, envoy, errand person, flag-bearer, forerunner, go-between, gofer, harbinger, herald, intermediary, mediator, minister, post, precursor, prophet, runner, schlepper |
| Notes: | a harbinger is an indication of the approach of something or someone; a messenger is a person who carries a communications or performs an errand; an omen is a sign of something about to happen |
| Antonyms: | receiver |
| Main Entry: | middle person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts as intermediary |
| Synonyms: | agent, broker, connection, distributor, entrepreneur, fixer, go-between, influence, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediate, intermediator, jobber, mediator, representative, salesperson, wholesaler |
| Main Entry: | moderator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mitigator |
| Synonyms: | alleviator, mediator, pacifier, peacemaker, referee, soother, stabilizer |