NEGOTIATED Synonyms: 154 Similar and Opposite Words

negotiated

verb

past tense of negotiate

as in arranged

to bring about through discussion and compromise wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer

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as in managed

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers

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as in engineered

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls

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as in dealt

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate

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as in achieved

to carry through (as a process) to completion scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer

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Recent Examples of negotiated The county’s risk-assessment attorneys had negotiated a settlement for about $6 million that would have resolved all of the cases, but the Board of Supervisors rejected it in August 2021 and hired Sheppard-Mullin to defend the county. —

City News Service, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026 The deal was negotiated between Frank Jaffe from Altered Innocence and Monica Ciarli from Minerva Pictures. —

Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026 Both sides then negotiated a settlement that includes changes in driver training, and updates to the Lyft app that will make the agreement apply nationwide, not just in Minnesota. —

Steve Karnowski, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2026 Other critics have suggested the nearly $22 million the zoo gets in tax revenue from the city each year should have been factored into how the lease was negotiated. —

David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 The deal was negotiated by Simon Gillis and Laura Mazzola, head of Business and Legal Affairs (UK), on behalf of See-Saw and Sheila David of Catapult Rights Limited on behalf of Dr Grant. —

Alex Ritman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026 This is the first time in Medicare’s history that the program has directly negotiated drug prices. —

Allison Palmer march 3, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026 Jim Beckwourth, who was of mixed race, negotiated between white men and Indigenous tribes (and, sadly, caused the Sand Creek Massacre). —

Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026 He had been left out of previous prisoner swaps with Russia that were negotiated by the Biden administration. —

Matthew Lee, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025

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Building an ultrathin nickelate with atomic precision The team focused on a compound called La₃Ni₂O₇, a nickelate made of nickel and oxygen atoms arranged in layered structures.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2026
Standard rooms are large by New York City standards, and smartly arranged for maximum floor space.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2026