NEGOTIATES Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

negotiates

verb

present tense third-person singular of negotiate

as in arranges

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 manages

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

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as in manipulates

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 deals

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 performs

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 negotiates As Lima negotiates the removal of those duties, China continues to outpace the United States in trade with Peru. — Marco Aquino, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 Trigild regularly negotiates the sale of properties, including the Broomfield Hyatt, Industry Denver and the Greenwood Village office. — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2026 But for the budget process, the executive branch proposed a set of cuts and then Congress negotiates on how much to actually cut. — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Second, Morocco negotiates with Spain to secure some form of concession. — Miguel MacIas, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026 For decades, companies have asked individual sellers to enter projections into CRM, then asked managers to interpret them, then scheduled calls where leadership negotiates a number that everyone knows is partly theater. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 The government employs nearly 2,300 people, many of whom are represented by 13 bargaining units that the Unified Government negotiates with. — Sofi Zeman august 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026 Cusick and Kretschmann offer complementary chords of variable petulance and insecurity, as newcomer Cuoso ably negotiates her character’s shifting ambiguities. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026 The series stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, a landman who negotiates on behalf of oil companies. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

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But that’s also more or less the premise of this supposedly final installment of the rebooted franchise, which arranges another multiplayer safari of joystick slapstick for the Rock, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan.

— A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
And the concierge arranges virtually anything your heart desires, whether that's a private bike tour around the beaches of the Kennebunks, a hot air balloon ride, a cooking class, or a private dinner in the restaurant's wine cellar.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of arranges

Verb

Moore breathes life into Mona, but manages to intertwine a sense of entitlement that nods to her former life as traditional housewife.

— Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
Benkert manages dozens of properties in Kauai and has boarded up two houses on the western side of the island.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of manages

Verb

In an interview with the Shade Room last year, Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, claimed McDowell pushed the singer into performing and manipulates her.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
An anxiety ring is a piece of jewelry with a spinning band, bead or textured surface that the wearer manipulates with their fingers as a discreet grounding tool.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of manipulates

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The idea is less about decorative spectacle than about how a home performs after someone moves in.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Run small validation campaigns across separate audiences before increasing budget, compare results with your own sales data and investigate any source that performs unusually well without a clear reason.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of performs

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Either use a fragile design that loads atoms well but breaks under high heat conditions or a sturdy design that handles heat well but not the atoms.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
Global Constellation handles international sales, with the film set to be submitted for festival consideration in 2027.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of handles

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When Gilla Band hit the road, their front-of-house guy drives, Fox also engineers, Kiely sells merch, and Faulkner runs tech.

— Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026