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 deal was negotiated by Range Select. —

Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 May 2026 Epps is repped by UTA, producing partner Niles Kirchner, IAG for stand-up who negotiated this deal, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 May 2026 Peace proposals are usually negotiated behind closed doors; threats are seldom made publicly. —

Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 May 2026 That expiration would allow Iran to resume some nuclear activities, as in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal negotiated under President Barack Obama. —

Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 The deal was negotiated by Falko Jahn, vice president of editorialisation & development library, with del Toro’s company Necropia further expanding its catalogue. —

Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026 Under the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran negotiated by the Obama administration, Iran's enrichment program was monitored by the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency and limited to enriching uranium to lower levels. —

CBS News, 12 May 2026 His presence caused periodic traffic jams as Washington police closed lanes and negotiated with him. —

ABC News, 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

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The product is a cluster of six lie-flat sleep pods arranged in three tiers — the setup is essentially bunk beds in the sky — between the economy and premium economy cabins on its newest Boeing 787-9 aircraft.

— Chris Dong, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
People sating their desires for food and company no longer need seedy hotels or hastily arranged Facebook events, now that brick-and-mortar spaces like Aikens’s restaurant exist.

— Victoria M. Walker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 May 2026