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 But there was this other documentary series filming there that had negotiated for exclusive rights to film at Burning Man for, like, two or three years. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 But this is the second consecutive offseason Duren has negotiated for a new deal, and those attempts, thus far, have proven futile. — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The deal was negotiated by Avy Eschenasy for Crosswalk and Kevin Iwashina of Audiovisuel on behalf of the filmmakers. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 The deal was negotiated by Larry Greenberg and TJ Smith on behalf of Quiver Distribution with David Gilbery and Naomi George on behalf of BK Studios. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett's administration negotiated with the police union and most recently agreed to fund 1,743 officers in a four-year contract that began in 2025. — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2026 Carman and Fordham negotiated with local Indigenous tribes living on Long Island to purchase the land, and the following year, families moved there to start their new community. — Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2026 Within several of her specialty store clients, however, Bugatchi has negotiated a larger presence. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 This agent successfully identified a critical subscription due to expire, automatically negotiated a discount and renewed the subscription. — Maxim Olkhovskiy, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Dogan deliberately arranged for Salah’s medical to take place in the metropolis of Istanbul, over 500 miles (nearly 900km) from Trabzon, so the Egyptian could see how frenzied the welcome would be.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
On Sunday, the Lime Rock Concours and Gathering of the Marques display nearly 1,000 enthusiast cars and motorcycles arranged around the Lime Rock circuit.

— Mark Maglio, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of arranged

Verb

Today, the hotel is managed by Sunday Hospitality, which also oversees a few New York City hotspot restaurants, like Rule of Thirds and Sunday in Brooklyn.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
The Two Possible Paths The cost-reduction path is based on the perspective that marketing is a cost to be managed.

— George Couris, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

The drop-protection phone case was engineered to offer up to 16ft drop protection, which can come in handy for outdoor phone protection, where the risk of accidental drops is higher.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
Windows 11 Pro is engineered to work with your PC — not against it—so your system finally runs like the powerhouse it was built to be.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of engineered

Verb

The Frenchman was not the only driver dealt sanctions for such an infringement, but it was later determined the pit lane length had been measured incorrectly, leading to discrepancies with team pit lane speed limit calculations.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
The right-hander was dealt to the Rays at the trade deadline after a rough half of a season with the Mets after the offseason deal that brought him over from Milwaukee.

— James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of dealt

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Alpha has achieved several successful launches, but setbacks and failures have kept Firefly from establishing a routine launch cadence.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
OpenAI is open about the fact that the numbers are achieved under the best possible conditions and may be slightly different from the models available in the production ChatGPT product that most users can access.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of achieved

Verb

Independent analysis has concluded that recent Russian elections — including the 2024 presidential contest, in which officials said Putin secured more than 87 percent of the vote — were fraudulent.

— Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
But a recent working paper analyzing the results of 42 different studies concluded that school meal programs in high-income economies had minimal effects on students’ behavioral, health or educational outcomes.

— Ari Sen, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of concluded

Verb

Nate Jaros, vice president of animal care at the aquarium, said this is one of the largest hauls the aquarium has handled in years.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Policies renew, claims get handled, and leadership moves on to more immediate financial priorities.

— Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of handled

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During the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI agents autonomously plotted a digital heist that went undetected for more than a week, intensifying concerns OpenAI is sacrificing safety to push the AI frontier.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Emily’s misguided research ultimately proves that love stories can’t be plotted and graphed like science experiments; more modern studio romantic comedies could stand to learn the same lesson.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026