Synonyms 122
Login/Register
negligent, adj. 1. disregardful, remiss, derelict. See - neglectful (defs. 1, 2).
2. offhand, casual, carefree; nonchalant, insoucient, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, lackadaisical; indifferent, unconcerned, unsolicitous, uncaring, perfunctory, cursory; unstudied, unplanned, unpremeditated.
negligible, adj. trifling, piddling, inconsequential, niggling, unworthy of note or notice; inappreciable, imperceptible, insignificant, unimportant, small, worthless, paltry, nugatory, petty; inferior, second-rate, of no account, Inf. no-account, small-time, SI. two-bit, small potatoes.
negotiate, v. 1. bargain, drive a bargain, make a deal, deal; dicker, haggle, palter, higgle, chaffer, Scot. argle-bargle, Inf. talk down, Inf. beat down, Offensive. jew or jew down; make a bid or an offer, make a counteroffer, counter, come back with, go back and forth, bandy, volley.
2. arrange, work out, confer, parley, debate, discuss, talk over, work with [s.o.] on; mediate, intermediate, arbitrate, adjudicate, umpire, referee, intercede, interpose, Law. intervene; give and take, compromise, reach an agreement or settlement or compromise, meet halfway, agree on, settle differences, settle, come to terms, strike a bargain, contract, conclude, complete, finish, consummate.
3. transact, conduct, carry on or out, perform, execute, do; manage, orchestrate, engineer, handle, deal with; bring off, carry off, SI. pull off, SI. swing, succeed, accomplish, fulfill, discharge; bring about, make happen, cause, effect, effectuate, produce, get.
4. clear, pass over, hurdle, vault over, leap over, jump over, spring over, bound over, bounce over, hop over, skip over, make it over, Inf. make; travel over, get through.
5. commute, exchange, trade, swap, swop, Finance. convert; spend, pass, use; transfer, pass over, hand over, deliver, consign, make over, sign over, endorse, give title to, Law. assign, Law. convey; sell, vend, peddle, take money for, give to [s.o.] for a price, dispose of, get rid of.
negotiation, n. 1. discussion, parley, debate, collective bargaining, working out, give and take; mediation, intermediation, arbitration, arbitrament, adjudication, diplomacy, interposition, refereeing, umpiring.
2. bargaining, dickering, haggling, higgling, Offensive. jewing; bidding, offering, counteroffering, countering, Inf. back and forth, bandying.
3. transaction, deal, bargain, sale; trade, exchange, swap, swop, dicker; transfer, consignment, signing over, delivery, Law. assignment, Law. conveyance.
4. agreement, arrangement, understanding, meeting of the minds, compromise, settlement, mutual settlement, determination, decision; contract, collective agreement, compact, concordat, convention, covenant, treaty, bond.
negotiator, n. 1. mediator, mediatress, mediatrix, arbitrator, adjudicator, judge, determiner, decider; interposer, interceder, intercessor, intervener, referee, umpire, negotiant, intermediary, intermediator, middleman, go-between; diplomat, diplomatist, ambassador, envoy, plenipotentiary, proxy, nuncio, internuncio, delegate, representative, agent.
2. bargainer, dickerer, haggler, palterer, quibbler, tough customer, shrewd buyer or consumer.
3. transactor, conductor of business, businessman, businesswoman, SI. wheeler-dealer; salesperson, salesman, saleswoman, saleslady, dealer, trader, merchant, retailer, wholesaler; seller, vendor, peddler, haggler.
My Account / Test History
