Synonyms for middleman
ˈmɪd lˌmænmid·dle·man

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1. middlemannoun

   Synonyms:
   mediator, intermediary, grocer

2. middlemannoun

   An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties

   Synonyms:
   grocer, mediator, intermediary

3. middlemannoun

   An intermediate dealer between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer

   Synonyms:
   mediator, intermediary, grocer

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1. jobber, middleman, wholesalernoun

   someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

   Synonyms:
   contact, wholesaler, jobber, interlocutor

2. interlocutor, middlemannoun

   the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk

   Synonyms:
   conversational partner, contact, wholesaler, jobber, interlocutor

3. contact, middlemannoun

   a person who is in a position to give you special assistance

   "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"

   Synonyms:
   link, touch, striking, liaison, impinging, wholesaler, physical contact, inter-group communication, jobber, tangency, contact, contact lens, interlocutor

Matched Categories

1. • Distributor
   • Minstrel
   • Representative

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1. middlemannoun

   Synonyms:
   agent, broker, factor

2. middlemannoun

   Synonyms:
   commoner

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1. middlemannoun

   Synonyms:
   factor, go-between, agent, broker, commissioner

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1. List of paraphrases for "middleman":

   intermediary, intermediate, broker, go-between, mediator

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How to use middleman in a sentence?

1. The EU:

   George Haswani provides support (for) and benefits from the regime through his role as a middleman in deals for the purchase of oil from ISIL (Islamic State) by the Syrian regime, he has close ties to the Syrian regime.

2. Andrew Marr:

   We’re taking out the middleman of the waiting room and [Veteran’s Affairs (VA)] and reducing the costs of what the VA and government spends on TBI patients.

3. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin:

   Recently ISIL has been exploiting the potential of social media more and more frequently so as to cut out the middleman and sell artifacts directly to buyers.

4. Benjamin Disraeli:

   It is well-known what a middleman is he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

5. Charlie Campbell:

   We built this brand one bottle at a time, one glass at a time, in great restaurants across the U.S., the connection with our restaurant accounts has been relationship-based. Here in California, we are own distributor. We don’t have a middleman. Other distributors push wine into accounts. We’ve created a model where our customers are pulling -- they come in and ask.