Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinnegōtiātor“merchant, banker”
- Englishnegotiator
Borrowed from Latin negōtiātor (“merchant, banker”), equivalent to negotiate + -or.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian прегова́рящ
- прегова́рящ (pregovárjašt)one who negotiates
Danish forhandler
- forhandlerone who negotiates
Finnish sovittelija, sovittelija
- sovittelijaone who negotiates
- sovittelijaa diplomat, moderator
French négociateur, négociatrice
- négociateurone who negotiates
- négociatriceone who negotiates
- négociantone who negotiates
- négociateura diplomat, moderator
- négociatricea diplomat, moderator
- diplomatea diplomat, moderator
German Unterhändler, Unterhändlerin
- Unterhändlerone who negotiates
- Unterhändlerinone who negotiates
- Verhandlungsführerone who negotiates
- Verhandlungsführerinone who negotiates
- Vermittlera diplomat, moderator
- Vermittlerina diplomat, moderator
Hindi मध्यस्थ, मध्यस्थ
- मध्यस्थ (madhyasth)one who negotiates
- मध्यस्थ (madhyasth)a diplomat, moderator
Indonesian negosiator, juru runding
- negosiatorone who negotiates
- juru rundingone who negotiates
Italian negoziatore, negoziatrice
- negoziatoreone who negotiates
- negoziatriceone who negotiates
Latin interpres
- interpresone who negotiates
Norwegian Bokmål forhandler
- forhandlerone who negotiates
Portuguese negociador, negociadora
- negociadorone who negotiates
- negociadoraone who negotiates
Russian перегово́рщик, перегово́рщица
- перегово́рщик (peregovórščik)one who negotiates
- перегово́рщица (peregovórščica)one who negotiates
- парламентёр (parlamentjór)one who negotiates
- посре́дник (posrédnik)a diplomat, moderator
- посре́дница (posrédnica)a diplomat, moderator
Spanish negociador, negociadora
- negociadorone who negotiates
- negociadoraone who negotiates
Ukrainian перемо́вник, перемо́вниця
- перемо́вник (peremóvnyk)one who negotiates
- перемо́вниця (peremóvnycja)one who negotiates
- перегово́рник (perehovórnyk)one who negotiates
- перегово́рниця (perehovórnycja)one who negotiates
- парламенте́р (parlamentér)one who negotiates
- посере́дник (poserédnyk)a diplomat, moderator
- посере́дниця (poserédnycja)a diplomat, moderator
Cite this entry
APA
negotiator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negotiator
MLA
“negotiator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negotiator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “negotiator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negotiator.
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