NEGOTIATING Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

negotiating

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present participle of negotiate

as in arranging

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 managing

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

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as in manipulating

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 dealing

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 executing

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 negotiating Trump negotiating a settlement to his own lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service that would set up the compensation fund for those perceived to be wrongly prosecuted — proved too toxic for the Senate to bear. —

Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026 News reports would later surface that Keenan was negotiating with the Detroit Red Wings during the Rangers’ playoff run, but Olczyk and many of his teammates had already heard whispers. —

Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 May 2026 Several nations, including South Korea, Turkey, and Iraq, are reportedly already negotiating at least temporary transit agreements. —

Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 Streamlining and negotiating existing debts can, in some cases, free up meaningful monthly cash flow without requiring additional borrowing. —

Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 The developer is negotiating with three unnamed major grocers not currently in the area for a spot in the 44-acre development, The Charlotte Observer previously reported. —

Joe Marusak may 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026 While Pritzker and state lawmakers have been negotiating on legislation to provide the Bears with property tax breaks for a stadium in Arlington Heights, Johnson has continued to push to keep the Bears in Chicago. —

Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 19 May 2026 Doing this job right requires navigating state politics, negotiating with competing economic interest groups and managing a 1,400-person bureaucracy that oversees more than 1,600 insurance companies. —

Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 15 May 2026 Marriage Story followed Johansson and Driver as a couple negotiating custody of their son while going through a heartbreaking divorce. —

Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026

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Loo and his family were also in the process of arranging shelter while evacuation orders remain in effect.

— Eric Licas, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
Duff-Smith was executed in 1993 for arranging the murder of his mother in 1975.

— Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026