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matchmaker

[mach-mey-ker] / ˈmætʃˌmeɪ kər /
NOUN
go-between
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arbitrator emissary intermediary liaison mediator messenger negotiator proxy
STRONG
attorney broker dealer delegate deputy entrepreneur envoy factor intercessor intermediate intermediator medium referee representative
WEAK
interagent interceder marriage broker
NOUN
interceder
Synonyms
WEAK
arbitrator attorney broker dealer delegate deputy emissary entrepreneur envoy factor interagent intercessor intermediary intermediate intermediator liaison mediator medium messenger middleman negotiator proxy referee representative
NOUN
intermediator
Synonyms
STRONG
arbitrator attorney broker dealer delegate deputy emissary entrepreneur envoy factor intercessor intermediary intermediate liaison mediator medium messenger middleman negotiator proxy referee representative
WEAK
interagent interceder

Example Sentences

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So he and Harvey decided to play matchmaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

After waiting for years for a suitor, Aisha is frustrated and has turned now to enlist the services of an online matchmaker site to find a husband of her dreams: rich and educated.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

One volunteer matchmaker, an older woman known as Sister Gao, comes each week with dozens of profiles for attendees to browse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

A movie where the perennially single New York matchmaker has finally met her match in two highly eligible bachelors?

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

But when she’d told the matchmaker there wasn’t any hurry, I’d thought that she wanted to help me, that she was buying time so she could change Ba’s mind.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.