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deal

[deel] / dil /
NOUN
agreement, bargain
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accord arrangement compromise contract pact pledge transaction
STRONG
buy conception prearrangement understanding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
denial disagreement dissension refusal
WEAK
misunderstanding
NOUN
amount, share
Synonyms
STRONGEST
transaction
STRONG
abundance degree distribution extent plenty plethora portion quantity shake superabundance
Antonyms
STRONG
few lack little need scarcity want
WEAK
disagreement misunderstanding
NOUN
distribution of playing cards
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appointment game opportunity
STRONG
chance hand round
WEAK
cut and shuffle fresh start
Antonyms
WEAK
disagreement misunderstanding
VERB
do business
Synonyms
STRONGEST
handle negotiate sell trade
STRONG
bargain barter bicker dicker stock swap traffic treat
WEAK
buy and sell hammer out deal horse-trade knock down price work out deal
Antonyms
STRONG
agree
WEAK
deny hold keep refuse
VERB
distribute
Synonyms
STRONGEST
give participate
STRONG
administer allot apportion assign bestow deliver disburse dispense disperse disseminate divide divvy drop impart inflict measure partake partition render reward share strike
WEAK
come across with dish out dole out fork out fork over hand out mete out
Antonyms
STRONG
attach collect combine conceal gather hold join keep refuse retain take unite withhold
WEAK
deny

Example Sentences

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The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have reportedly reached a tentative four-year deal for a new contract.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Wrack said: "We have a masculinity crisis brewing in our schools. Teachers desperately need increased support to deal with this new frontier of behaviour management."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss what this deal says about the private and public markets and try to wrap their heads around the astronomical valuations of OpenAI and SpaceX.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

"You often have undergraduates that are part of papers - faculty choose undergraduates all the time to work on papers and projects. But for an undergraduate to be the lead author is a huge deal."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

“Otto is extremely courteous to me—unusually so. And I’m a good deal older than Christoffels.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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