interceders

noun

plural of interceder
as in negotiants
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement respected around the world, the secretary-general of the United Nations was asked to be the interceder in several international disputes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interceders
  1. negotiators
  2. mediators
  3. honest brokers
  4. brokers
  5. ambassadors
  6. intermediaries
  7. liaisons
  8. intermediates
Noun
  • This time around in talks with studios, union negotiators will be facing a new but familiar opponent on the other side of the table after longtime studio negotiator Carol Lombardini stepped down.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of negotiators
Noun
  • In the days before the midterms, Qatari mediators had plunged into a fresh round of furtive diplomacy between the United States and Iran, but talks are still at an impasse.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Negotiations will continue Friday with the help of federal mediators, the PMA said.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of mediators
Noun
  • Journalists like to see themselves as honest brokers, covering politics in a way that gives fair representation to a wide range of actors and playing the watchdog role in a responsible and essentially objective way.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Definition of honest brokers
Noun
  • The commissioner oversees an office with 1,400 employees that regulates more than 1,700 home, auto, workers’ compensation and other insurers, as well as more than 510,000 agents, brokers, adjusters, bail agents and other business entities.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • As the value of their investments drops, funds that borrowed to buy those stocks can face demands from lenders or brokers to put up more cash or collateral.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of brokers
Noun
  • The dispute is also triggering diplomatic fallout, with at least three Polish ambassadors resigning in protest.
    — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The center was publicly unveiled Friday by current and former administrators at South Holland School District 151, along with a handful of student ambassadors.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of ambassadors
Noun
  • Thanks to African intermediaries guiding these military explorers, Binger discovered that the fabled Kong Mountains, which stretched across most 19th-century maps, did not exist.
    — Thomas J Bassett, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
  • In diving into the global web of handlers, financial intermediaries and money launderers bolstering the fake identities, investigators discovered key parts of that machinery operating in Russia.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of intermediaries
Noun
  • However, Central Florida election supervisors are not reporting any problems with their local postal service liaisons.
    — Christie Zizo, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Their story begins with traditional performers—later called shuyu—who, like the geisha of Japan, might engage in liaisons with patrons.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of liaisons
Noun
  • These volatile compound intermediates shuttle and dissolve from the cathode, draining battery life.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Meanwhile, at the back of the pack, some of the drivers who started on slicks made stops to change to the intermediates.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of intermediates
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“Interceders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interceders. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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