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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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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

Dean has become a kind of matchmaker, pairing neighbors’ needs with volunteers’ skills and, in the process, strengthening the sense of mattering of everyone who walks through the door.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

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

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

The story follows the life of the naïve and lovably spoiled teenager, who plays matchmaker with her friends before ultimately finding love herself.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

Instead, the village matchmaker came to my family when I was just two years old.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

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