Sami played matchmaker.
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Matchmaker
//ˈmæt͡ʃˌmeɪkɚ//
Synonyms for "matchmaker" (4 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (2)
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4 entriesderived from
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
96 translations across 44 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- خَاطِب noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- خَاطِبَة noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Belarusian
2 entries- сва́цця noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- сват noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Bulgarian
3 entries- производител на кибрит noun (someone who makes matchsticks)
- свато́вник noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- свато́вница noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Catalan
4 entries- alcavot noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- alcavota noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- mitjancer noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- mitjancera noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 伐柯人 noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- 媒人 noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- 媒妁 noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- 媒婆 noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Czech
2 entries- dohazovač noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- dohazovačka noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Danish
3 entries- Kirsten Giftekniv noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- giftekniv noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- ægteskabsformidler noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Dutch
2 entries- koppelaar noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- koppelaarster noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Estonian
1 entries- kosjasobitaja noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Faroese
1 entries- hjúnabandsmeklari noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Finnish
2 entries- avioliittovälittäjä noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- puhemies noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
French
4 entries- allumettier noun (someone who makes matchsticks)
- allumettière noun (someone who makes matchsticks)
- apparieur noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- apparieuse noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Gallo
1 entries- bassadou noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Georgian
1 entries- მაჭანკალი noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
German
4 entries- Ehestifter noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- Heiratsvermittler noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- Kuppler noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- Schadchen noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Greek
2 entries- προξενήτρα noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- προξενητής noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Hebrew
1 entries- שַׁדְכָן noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Icelandic
1 entries- hjónabandsmiðlari noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Italian
2 entries- fiammiferaia noun (someone who makes matchsticks)
- fiammiferaio noun (someone who makes matchsticks)
Japanese
3 entries- 仲人 noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- 媒酌人 noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- 月下氷人 noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Kazakh
1 entries- айттырушы noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Khmer
1 entries- មេអណ្ដើក noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Korean
2 entries- 뚜쟁이 noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- 중매인 noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жуучу noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Ladino
1 entries- kazamentera noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Latin
1 entries- conciliātrix noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Lithuanian
2 entries- piršlys noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- piršlė noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Macedonian
1 entries- стројник noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Malay
2 entries- telangkai noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- tukang risik noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ekteskapsformidler noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- giftekniv noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- ekteskapsformidlar noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- giftekniv noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كبریتجی noun (someone who makes matchsticks)
Polish
2 entries- swat noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- swatka noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Portuguese
1 entries- casamenteiro noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Russian
3 entries- сва́тья noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- сва́ха noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- сват noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- snùbok noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- сну̀бок noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Slovak
2 entries- dohadzovač noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- dohadzovačka noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Spanish
4 entries- alcahueta noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- alcahuete noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- casamentera noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- casamentero noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Swedish
1 entries- äktenskapsmäklare noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Thai
1 entries- แม่สื่อ noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Turkish
2 entries- kibritçi noun (someone who makes matchsticks)
- çöpçatan noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Ukrainian
3 entries- сва́ха noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- сва́шка noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- сват noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bà mối noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- người làm mối noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Yiddish
2 entries- יענטע noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
- שדכן noun (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
As singles are stuck at home and social distancing makes traditional dating all but impossible, the coaching skills of matchmakers, now imparted online, are becoming more valuable.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.