intermediaries

NOUN

person who negotiates

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broker emissary go-between mediator negotiator

STRONG

agent channel connection cutout delegate entrepreneur fixer influence instrument intercessor intermediate medium organ vehicle

WEAK

interagent interceder middle person

Antonyms

STRONG

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Example Sentences

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Diaz-Canel said the government was also considering scrapping state intermediaries in import and export operations.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The eight intermediaries are not a definitive list of firms that help companies surveil customers, but just those who the FTC reached out to for the study.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

In “If This Be Magic,” Daniel Hahn salutes the ingenuity of these mostly undervalued intermediaries, who “engage in a peculiar alchemy of turning gold into gold.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

The Pakistani intermediaries who will be shuttling between the two delegations have a tough job on their hands.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

A story was direct and simple, allowing nothing to come between herself and her reader—no intermediaries with their private ambitions or incompetence, no pressures of time, no limits on resources.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan