| Main Entry: | bring to terms |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force to agree |
Synonyms: |
bend to one's will, bring low, bring to one's knees, humble, humiliate, take down a notch, take down a peg |
| Main Entry: | arbitrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve settlement |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, adjudicate, adjust, bring to terms, come to school, come to terms, conciliate, decide, determine, hammer out a deal, interpose, intervene, judge, make a deal, mediate, meet halfway, negotiate, parley, pass judgment, placate, play ball, reconcile, referee, settle, smooth, soothe, step in, straighten out, strike happy medium, trade off, umpire, work out a deal |
Antonyms: |
let ride |
| Main Entry: | mediate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to bring to an agreement |
Synonyms: |
act as middle, arbitrate, bring to terms, conciliate, deal, go fifty-fifty, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, make a deal, make peace, meet halfway, moderate, negotiate, propitiate, reconcile, referee, resolve, restore harmony, settle, step in, strike happy medium, trade off, umpire |
Antonyms: |
argue, contend, disagree, fight |
| Main Entry: | negotiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bargain, discuss |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, adjudicate, adjust, agree, arbitrate, arrange, bring to terms, bury the hatchet, come across with, compose, concert, conciliate, confer, connect, consult, contract, covenant, cut a deal, deal, debate, dicker, haggle, hammer out a deal, handle, horse trade, intercede, make a deal, make peace, make terms, manage, mediate, moderate, network, parley*, referee, settle, step in, stipulate, swap, transact, treat, umpire, work out a deal, work out* |
| Main Entry: | reconcile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make peace; adjust |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, accord, accustom, appease, arbitrate, arrange, assuage, attune, bring to terms, bring together, bury the hatchet, come together, compose, conciliate, conform, cool*, coordinate, fit, fix up, get together on, harmonize, integrate, intercede, kiss and make up, make matters up, make up, mediate, mitigate, pacify, patch things up, patch up, placate, propitiate, proportion, re-establish, reconciliate, rectify, regulate, resolve, restore harmony, reunite, settle, suit, tune, win over |
Antonyms: |
disagree, refuse |