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 These are trade-offs that can be negotiated, at both the local and national levels, to benefit our communities. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026 His presence caused periodic traffic jams as Washington police closed lanes and negotiated with him. —

ABC News, 6 May 2026 The rights to the underlying IP behind The Girl Who Was Plugged In were repped by Jon Levin at Sustainable Imagination and Christine Cohen at The Virginia Kidd Literary Agency and were negotiated by Matt Saver. —

Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 May 2026 Bass and Raman also butted heads over the four-year package of police raises negotiated by the mayor and approved by the council in 2023. —

Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 The deal was negotiated between Daniela Cölle and producer Isabel Orellana of Araucaria Cine. —

Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 4 May 2026 Lynn also negotiated a no-trade clause in Anderson's contract, which is rare for defensive players. —

Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 3 May 2026 Olthof Homes successfully challenged a $100,000 penalty levied by the town in the Indiana Court of Appeals, so a lower fine was negotiated between the two parties. —

Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 On Tuesday, defense attorneys negotiated jury instructions, tried to get charges dismissed against some of their clients and attempted to get additional witness testimony in, such as a pathologist to advance their argument that a bullet taken from the president’s forearm had been planted. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association of Educators vice president and art teacher Rae LeGrone stood with a clipboard, alongside Erin DeMund, a teacher at Oaklawn Language Academy who had arranged a similar, though smaller, demonstration a week earlier in Charlotte.

— Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 2 May 2026
Access to private tours of the museums can be arranged, as well as private transportation around the islands.

— Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026