Synonyms of interceding

interceding

verb

present participle of intercede

as in intervening

to act as a go-between for opposing sides

asked an old friend of the family to intercede in the bitter dispute over the inheritance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intervening
• interfering
• mediating
• interposing
• intermediating
• meddling
• moderating
• intruding
• arbitrating
• prying
• snooping
• negotiating
• breaking (in)
• obtruding
• invading
• bothering
• refereeing
• butting in
• cutting in
• infringing
• trespassing
• chiming in
• barging (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• standing by
• ignoring
• disregarding
• overlooking
• shunning
• eschewing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of interceding

Diamantis was accused of interceding twice for Acranom on a project at Weaver High School in Hartford, once during a dispute over the quality of the company’s work and again in their effort to obtain a second contract. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026

However, almost all of the respondents who agreed with this statement envisioned the National Guard interceding nonviolently to stop violent protests and riots. — Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025

When Paul offered to talk to some of 3M’s executives himself, she was mortified at the idea of her father interceding. — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024