| Main Entry: | step in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become involved |
Synonyms: |
arrive, be invited, chip in, come, enter, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, lend a hand, mediate, negotiate, take action |
Antonyms: |
abandon, leave, wash hands |
| 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: | come by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit someone |
Synonyms: |
call, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, meet, pay a call, pop in, run in, see, step in, stop by, visit |
| Main Entry: | intercede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mediate |
Synonyms: |
advocate, arbitrate, barge in, butt in, intermediate, interpose, intervene, intrude, mix in, monkey with, negotiate, plead, reconcile, speak, step in |
| Main Entry: | interfere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meddle, intervene |
Synonyms: |
baffle, balk, barge in, busybody, butt in, conflict, discommode, foil, fool with, frustrate, get in the way, get involved, hamper, handicap, hang up, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, incommode, inconvenience, inhibit, intercede, interlope, intermeddle, intermediate, intermit, interpose, intrude, jam, make*, mix in, obstruct, obtrude, oppose, poke nose in, prevent, remit, step in, stop, suspend, tamper, thwart, trammel, trouble |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | intervene |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mediate |
Synonyms: |
arbitrate, barge in, butt in, come between, divide, horn in, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, interrupt, intrude, involve, meddle, mix in, muscle in, negotiate, obtrude, part, put in two cents, reconcile, separate, settle, sever, step in, take a hand |
Antonyms: |
ignore, leave alone |
| 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: | visit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be a guest of |
Synonyms: |
call, call on, chat, come around, come by, converse, crash, drop by, drop in, drop over, dwell, frequent, go over to, go to see, hit, inspect, look around, look in on, look up, pay a call, pay a visit to, play, pop in, reside, see, sojourn, stay at, stay with, step in, stop by, stop off, swing by, take in, talk, tarry, tour |
| Notes: | a visit is an instance of visiting; a visitation is an act of visiting - with visitation carrying the connotation of an unexpected or undesired occurrence |