DEALT Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

dealt

verb

past tense of deal

as in traded

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property that store deals in used furniture

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as in negotiated

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price

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Recent Examples of dealt The Pats were dealt a tough blow Thursday when Brown suffered an injury that forced his removal from the game. — Chad Graff, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Hathaway was dealt the unenviable task of embodying director James Gray’s mother in Armageddon Time, an autobiographical drama based on his childhood. — Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026 Antetokounmpo was expected to be traded by Milwaukee this offseason — at one point speculation was that he might be swapped for Brown — and eventually was dealt to Miami. — Brian Mahoney, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Continue reading … PARTY DIVIDED — Schumer dealt another blow as progressive insurgency scores win in key Senate battle. — FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The high court dealt Trump both of the losses during the term that ended in June, striking down his executive order to end birthright citizenship and blocking his attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. — Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026 Hernandez’s comments came hours after the 49-66 Mets dealt numerous players away in return for minor-league prospects. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 The team reportedly were in trade talks with the Connecticut Sun for Annesah Morrow before the forward got dealt to Toronto. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 This is all a new experience for the soon-to-be 27-year-old, who spent the entirety of his pro career in the Midwest with the Timberwolves prior to being dealt to the Hornets. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026

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Phoenix guard Kelsey Plum did not play against the team that traded her a little over a week ago.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Colston Loveland and Luther Burden III are both just 22 years old, and should be able to step into larger roles within the offense with DJ Moore traded to Buffalo.

— John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of traded

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This will happen on six occasions from October through to December, but only if the tie against Tromso is safely negotiated to set up three home matches and three away in the league phase.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Greenwich plans to release the film in theaters early next year after the company’s Andy Bohn negotiated the deal with CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of negotiated

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The Dania Beach headquarters campus that once served as the nerve center of now-defunct Spirit Airlines has been sold to a Boston hedge fund that served as the stalking horse bidder in a bankruptcy court auction.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Those tickets were sold at a 7-Eleven in Dedham and at Cumberland Farms stores in Attleboro and Granby.

— Mike Toole, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of sold

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Like other major sports leagues, the WNBA’s eligibility rule is collectively bargained and thus protected by the non-statutory labor exemption.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The luxury tax was collectively bargained with a tax utilized to constrain owners from overspending the annual threshold.

— Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026