INTERMEDIARY Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of intermediary

as in halfway

occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes the bridal couple were regally ensconced in intermediary seats at the head table

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intermediary

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noun

ˌin-tər-ˈmē-dē-ˌer-ē

as in mediator

one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement in the past he's served as an intermediary in several hostage situations

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Recent Examples of intermediary

Adjective

Martino used the intermediary chat tab to provide confidential information about clients. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026 An intermediary introduces parties and earns a trade fee on the connection. — Krutarth Shah, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Noun

Private businesses will be allowed to import and export directly, without the need for state intermediaries, but will still require authorization from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Oman, a frequent intermediary between Washington and Tehran, has found its balancing act suddenly precarious. — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intermediary

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Adjective

The 26-year-old information technology administrator consumed a Red Bull energy drink around the film's halfway mark to stay alert.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 July 2026
The Pirates are 9 1/2 games behind the National League Central Division leading Milwaukee Brewers – but only two games out of a playoff spot at the halfway point in the season.

— Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of halfway

Adjective

Toyotas have been especially fearsome on intermediate-distance tracks, and those make up half of the schedule in the Chase.

— Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
That method involves preserving the initial prompt and the last several thousand reasoning tokens, but discarding many of the intermediate reasoning tokens.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of intermediate

Noun

Bobby Roy, the union's chief negotiator, said the state rejected proposals from the union without making a counterproposal.

— Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
In 2019, according to her campaign, Hinojosa was a key Democratic negotiator on the largest school finance overhaul in a generation.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiator

Adjective

The renowned actress stars alongside multihyphenate Taika Waititi in a road movie about the unlikely friendship between an elderly woman and a middle-aged man travelling from Chicago to New York to return a lost racing pigeon to its owner.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
With her high heels, bright smile, and entourage of millennial assistants and executives, Terekh stands out in her factory, where throngs of middle-aged men lug drone parts, wield power tools and chain-smoke cigarettes.

— Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of middle

Noun

The alliance is an industry advocate and resource hub for printers, print brokers, packaging and label businesses, vendors, and creative marketing professionals across 13 western states.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
These services send removal requests to data brokers on your behalf and may continue monitoring for information that reappears later.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of broker

Adjective

Reflective details liven up the Lightning McQueen look, while the car’s signature number 95 is printed on both the lateral and medial sides.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
The operation is a grafting procedure in which doctors take tendons from another part of the body – the forearm, hamstring, hip or knee – and replace the medial ligament in the elbow with the grafted portion.

— Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of medial

Noun

Waymo has also been expanding into new markets without Uber, while rivals such as Tesla double down on robotaxis, feeding fears that a growing fleet of driverless cars could erode Uber's lucrative role as the middleman between vehicles and riders.

— Akash Sriram, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
This was no gangsta rap Nuremberg, but rather something closer to the trial of Adolf Eichmann — a case tried decades later in which the aging defendant wasn’t the actual killer but a banal middleman, a functionary and a lethal node of transport.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

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