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match-maker

match-maker is the alternative form of matchmaker.

Meaning of matchmaker

Noun

matchmaker (plural matchmakers)

  1. Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.
    • 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.2020 May 9, Tammy La Gorce, “Singles Have to Think Outside the Screen”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    shadchen
    Antonyms:
    matchbreaker
  2. (broadly) Someone who arranges professional boxing matches.
  3. Someone who makes matchsticks.

Forms of match-maker

pluralmatch-makers

Questions about match-maker

What is match-maker the alternative form of?
Match-maker is the alternative form of matchmaker.

Words near match-maker in the dictionary

  1. match-four game
  2. match-girl
  3. match-girls
  4. match-made
  5. match-make
  6. match-maker
  7. match-makers
  8. match-makes
  9. match-making
  10. match-makings
  11. match-merge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: match-maker (page history and authors); matchmaker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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