matchmaker
US/ˈmæt͡ʃˌmeɪkɚ/
matchmaker noun: someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.
Noun
matchmaker (plural matchmakers)
- 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
- Someone who arranges professional boxing matches.
- Someone who makes matchsticks.
matchmaker meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Arabic and Malay
matchmaker in Urdu
- کٹنی, مشاطہ
matchmaker in Malayalam
- marriage broker, shadchan, marriage bureau
- വിവാഹദല്ലാൾ, കല്ല്യാണദല്ലാൾ, ദല്ലാൾ, ഡാഫർ, ജല്ലാലി, നാഗരീടൻ
matchmaker in Arabic
- someone who finds suitable marriage partners
- خَاطِب ḵāṭib, خَاطِبَة ḵāṭiba
matchmaker in Malay
- someone who finds suitable marriage partners
- tukang risik, telangkai
More languagesFewer languages
- matchmaker in Thai
- แม่สื่อ mɛ̂ɛ-sʉ̀ʉ
- matchmaker in Vietnamese
- người làm mối, bà mối
Synonyms of matchmaker
Antonyms
Forms of matchmaker
| plural | matchmakers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | match-maker |
Origin of matchmaker
From match + maker.
Questions about matchmaker
- What does matchmaker mean?
- Matchmaker means someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.
- What is matchmaker in Urdu?
- Matchmaker in Urdu is کٹنی, مشاطہ. See Matchmaker meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is matchmaker?
- Matchmaker is a noun.
- How do you pronounce matchmaker?
- Matchmaker is pronounced /ˈmæt͡ʃˌmeɪkɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of matchmaker?
- The plural of matchmaker is matchmakers.
Words near matchmaker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: matchmaker (page history and authors); matchmaker (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); matchmaker (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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