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 Unlike their peers in other major leagues, NBA players can invest in sports gambling companies and advertise for them, a right negotiated in the 2023 collective bargaining agreement. —

Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026 In recent weeks, Baker McKenzie, a white-shoe law firm, axed 700 employees, Salesforce sacked hundreds of workers, and the auditing firm KPMG negotiated lower fees with its own auditor. —

Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026 Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the Host City contract in 2017 and left pesky details to be negotiated later. —

Susan Shelley, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026 The North American acquisition was negotiated by Ryan Kampe of Visit Films and Peter Gold on behalf of WG Pictures. —

Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026 Jackson negotiated global hostage releases, as well as shamed corporations for their lack of corporate diversity and failure to support voting rights. —

Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026 The deal was negotiated by Greenwich’s Jasper Basch with Cinetic’s Zach Magid representing the filmmakers. —

Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026 Within six months, Robin Blakeley, his agent and Bill’s son, had negotiated a dozen national endorsements. —

Kevin Sherrington feb. 10, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026 That deal is still being negotiated. —

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026

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Cribs, rollaways, and babysitting can be arranged.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
But vanishingly few have the equipment and technical know-how for traditional letterpress printing, in which individual letters on wood or metal ‘type’ blocks are arranged into words, inked up and physically pressed onto paper.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026