Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who arranges or attempts to arrange marriages for others: A matchmaker facilitates introductions between people with the intention of leading to marriage.
   • A person who organizes contests or pairings: In a broader, less common sense, a matchmaker can be someone who arranges matches or competitions, such as in sports.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • In traditional societies, a matchmaker often played a crucial role in bringing families together.
  • She hired a professional matchmaker to help her find a compatible partner.
  • The boxing matchmaker is responsible for setting up fair and exciting fights.

Advanced Usage

• "to play the matchmaker": to act as a matchmaker, often informally.
  • My aunt loves to play the matchmaker at family gatherings, introducing all the single cousins.

Variants and Related Words

• Matchmaking (n): The activity or work of a matchmaker.
  • Modern matchmaking often uses algorithms and personality tests.
• Matchmake (v): To act as a matchmaker.
  • She tried to matchmake her two best friends.

Synonyms

• Marriage broker: A formal term for someone who arranges marriages, often professionally.
• Go-between: A general term for an intermediary or mediator in any situation.

Idioms

• A match made in heaven: An idiom describing a perfectly suited couple, often used humorously in relation to a matchmaker's work.
  • The matchmaker claimed their union was a match made in heaven.

Noun

1. someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others