Meanings
noungo-between (plural go-betweens)
plural go-betweens
- An intermediary or middleman.
She's the go-between for engineering and manufacturing, so you'll have to ask her if you need to coordinate between the groups.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna negotiator who acts as a link between parties
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Deverbal from go between.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian посредник
- посредник (posrednik)intermediary or middleman
Catalan alcavot, mitjancer
- alcavotintermediary or middleman
- mitjancerintermediary or middleman
- encobridorintermediary or middleman
Chinese Mandarin 中間人 /中间人, 媒人
- 中間人 /中间人 (zhōngjiānrén)intermediary or middleman
- 媒人 (méiren)intermediary or middleman
Esperanto peranto
- perantointermediary or middleman
French intermédiaire
- intermédiaireintermediary or middleman
Japanese 仲人
- 仲人 (chūnin)shogi piece
Latin internuntius, internuntia
- internuntiusintermediary or middleman
- internuntiaintermediary or middleman
Māori kaiwhakaaweawe, takawaenga
- kaiwhakaaweaweintermediary or middleman
- takawaengaintermediary or middleman
Polish pośrednik, pośredniczka
- pośrednikintermediary or middleman
- pośredniczkaintermediary or middleman
- pośrednikshogi piece
Turkish aracı
- aracıintermediary or middleman
Cite this entry
APA
go-between. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go-between
MLA
“go-between.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go-between. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go-between,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go-between.
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