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mediator

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈmidieɪtɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M IY1 D IY0 EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: negotiator, negotiant, treater

Narrower terms: mediatrix, conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler, diplomat, harmonizer, harmoniser, interpreter, translator, matchmaker, matcher, marriage broker, moderator, second hand

History

Etymology

From Middle English mediatour, mediatoure, mediatur, medyatour, from Middle French mediateur, mediatur or its etymon Latin mediātor (“one who mediates”), from mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, mediate + -or.

Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: vasitəçi — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Azerbaijani: araçı — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Belarusian: пасрэ́днік (pasrédnik) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Belarusian: пасрэ́дніца (pasrédnica) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Bulgarian: посре́дник (posrédnik) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Bulgarian: посре́дница (posrédnica) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Bulgarian: посре́дничка (posrédnička) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Catalan: tercer — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Catalan: mediador — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 調解人 /调解人 (tiáojiěrén) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Czech: prostředník — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Czech: zprostředkovatel — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Czech: zprostředkovatelka — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Czech: mediátor — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Danish: mediator — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Dutch: bemiddelaar — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Dutch: tussenpersoon — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Finnish: neuvottelija — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Finnish: sovittelija — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Finnish: välittäjä — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • French: médiateur — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • French: médiatrice — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Galician: mediador — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • German: Vermittler — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • German: Vermittlerin — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Greek: μεσάζων (mesázon) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Greek: διαμεσολαβητής (diamesolavitís) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Ancient Greek: μεσίτης (mesítēs) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Hebrew: מְתַוֵּךְ (metavékh) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Hindi: मध्यस्थ (madhyasth) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Hungarian: közvetítő — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Hungarian: mediátor — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Italian: mediatore — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Italian: mediatrice — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Italian: sensale — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Latin: interpres — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Latin: agaga — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Latin: mediātor — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Macedonian: посредник (posrednik) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Macedonian: посредничка (posrednička) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Malayalam: മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥൻ (maddhyasthaṉ) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Māori: takawaenga — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Māori: kaitakawaenga — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: formidler — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Polish: mediator — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Polish: mediatorka — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Polish: rozjemca — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Polish: rozjemczyni — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Portuguese: mediador — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Romanian: mediator — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Romanian: mediatoare — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Russian: посре́дник (posrédnik) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Russian: посре́дница (posrédnica) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mheadhanair — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀среднӣк — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀средница — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòsrednīk — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòsrednica — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Sicilian: midiaturi — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Sicilian: midiatura — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Sicilian: sanzali — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Slovak: prostredník — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Slovak: prostredníčka — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Slovak: sprostredkovateľ — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Slovak: sprostredkovateľka — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Slovene: posrednik — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Slovene: posrednica — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Spanish: mediador — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Spanish: tercero en discordia — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Swahili: mpatanishi — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Swedish: medlare — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Tagalog: tagapamagitan — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Telugu: మధ్యవర్తి (madhyavarti) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Turkish: aracı — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Turkish: ara bulucu — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Turkish: uzlaştırıcı — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Turkish: uzlaştırmacı — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Ukrainian: посере́дник (poserédnyk) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Ukrainian: посере́дниця (poserédnycja) — one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
  • Polish: mediator — a chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell
  • Polish: neuromediator — a chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell
  • Polish: neuroprzekaźnik — a chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell
  • Polish: neurotransmiter — a chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell