mix, commix, intermix; compound, combine.
3. diversify, change, variegate, alternate, substitute, shuffle; interchange, commute, switch; alter, modify, vary; restyle, reconstruct, remodel, transfigure, transform. interlard, v. 1. diversify, vary, change; variegate, color, spice up, dress up; intermix, intermingle, interfuse, put in, mix in; intersperse, sprinkle, pepper.
2. interject, interpolate, interpose, intercalate; interweave, intertwine, intertwist, interlace, interlink, v. link, join, unite, connect; mesh, interlace, interweave, intertwine; dovetail, splice, interlocution, n. conversation, dialogue, colloquy; discussion, confabulation, Inf. confab, converse, discourse, communication; conference, parley, Inf. powwow, interview; chitchat, chat, talk; chatter, palaver, SI. schmooze, gossip, tete-^-tete. interlocutor, n. 1. announcer, master of ceremonies, mistress of ceremonies, M.C., emcee; humorist, stand-up comic, straight man, foil.
2. converser, chatterer, questioner, interrogator, quiz master. interloper, n. trespasser, encroacher, poacher, invader, marplot; meddler, Yiddish, cochleffel, SI. butt-insky, interferer, Paul Pry. interlude, n. 1. interruption, recess, pause, pause that refreshes, respite; interval, entr'acte; truce, ceasefire; interregnum.
2. intermezzo, divertissement, divertimento; diversion, farcetta, curtain raiser; entertainment, charade, spectacle, tableau, masque, harlequinade, burlesque, vaudeville, pantomime. intermeddle, v. meddle, interfere, pry, Inf. snoop, Inf butt in, stick one's nose in, Inf. kibitz, mind someone else's business; interpose, intrude, obtrude, interrupt, intervene; interlope, encroach, insinuate, invade, trespass; Inf. horn in, Inf. cut in, Inf. muscle in, Inf. worm in, Inf. edge in. intermediary, adj. 1. intermediate, in-between, medial.
-n. 2. mean, medium, median, median strip.
3. go-between, mediator, intermediator, intercessor, interceder, intervener; broker, agent, interagent, medium, middleman, jobber, wholesaler, dealer, distributor; connection, contact, Inf. front, Inf. front man, lobbyist; moderator, arbiter, arbitrator, negotiator, third or disinterested party, umpire, referee, interlocutor, peacemaker, make-peace; instrument, tool, factor, steward, proctor; spokesman, advocate, consumer advocate, SI. Nader-raider, champion, patron; spokesman, Inf. mouthpiece, attorney, solicitor, friend at court, ombudsman, ombudswoman; diplomat, diplomatic agent, plenipotentiary, ambassador, envoy, emissary, minister, charge d'affaires, legate, nuncio, internuncio.
4. pimp, pander or panderer, procurer, procuress, Archaic, bawd, madam. intermediate, adj. 1. in-between, intervening, intermediary, intervenient, interposed, inserted, interfering; halfway, medial, median, in the middle; transitional, temporary, interregnal.
-n. 2. See intermediary (def. 3).
-v. 3. intervene, mediate, arbitrate. See intervene (def. 1). interment, n. burial, burying, entombment, inhumation, sepulture, inurnment; funeral, exequies, obsequies, rites or ceremonies, interminable, adj. 1. unending, endless, unceasing, incessant, ceaseless; constant, nonstop, unremitting, recurring; continuous, continual, uninterrupted, unbroken, without end, never-ending, everlasting, eternal.