mediator

Noun

Meaning

One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

intermediary negotiator intercessor go-between referee peacemaker agent representative liaison umpire arbitrator conciliator broker intermediator facilitator
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Antonyms

handicapper pebble cynic firebrand audience critic
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Hypernyms

negotiator negotiant treater

Hyponyms

interpreter peacemaker matcher diplomat moderator conciliator

Related terms

mean medium median mediation mediate mediatrix

Phrases with the word

act as a mediator mast cell mediator-related

Examples

Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit. Ludwig van Beethoven

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life. Ludwig van Beethoven

Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity. Novalis

In love affairs, there is no mediator like a merry, simple-hearted child - ever ready to cement divided hearts, to span the unfriendly gulf of custom, to melt the ice of cold reserve, and overthrow the separating walls of dread formality and pride. Anne Brontë

Anything I cannot thank God for for the sake of Christ, I may not thank God for at all; to do so would be sin. ... We cannot rightly acknowledge the gifts of God unless we acknowledge the Mediator for whose sake alone they are given to us. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The mediator in a fight gets all the blows. Persian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

mediatively mediatization mediatize mediatorial mediatorially mediatorless