Thesaurus results for EXCHANGED

exchanged

verb

past tense of exchange

as in traded

to give up (something) and take something else in return I'd like to exchange this sweater for one in a larger size

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Recent Examples of exchanged No payment is requested or exchanged at any point during the selection, evaluation or ranking process; inclusion is based solely on the methodology. — Kelli Grant, Cfp®,riley De León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Fresh off the heels of Thom Browne’s New York Fashion Week presentation, where models and dancers embodied bugs and butterflies, the designer exchanged emails with Tyler Matthew Oyer about his creative process. — Tyler Matthew Oyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 The groups exchanged words, displayed guns and fired at each other, according to the sheriff's office. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 The Chiefs and Raiders exchanged two more leads, with the Chiefs technically playing from behind twice before cementing a fourth-quarter comeback. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026 There were whispers and exchanged glances; Ono couldn’t make it through a single slide without a fresh wave of questions. — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026 No longer separated by a table, Gage and Nader exchanged a warm hug, while new friends—but each a long-term supporter of the designer—Ganesh and Tabasco bid farewell. — Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors said the messages were among more than 100,000 that Flynn exchanged with Botner in the year before Ashley’s death. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026 Authorities said the two groups exchanged words, displayed firearms and then began shooting at one another. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for exchanged

Verb

The next season Padover traded for Allisha Gray for two draft picks, giving the Dream a solid foundation with Gray, Howard and Hillmon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Since then, the shop and Clarkson have traded messages on social media.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of traded

Verb

Roberts had swapped Hernández and slumping Will Smith in the batting order, moving Hernández up to third and Smith down to fifth.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Factories first swapped the central steam plant that drove every machine through a system of rotating shafts for an electric motor.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of swapped

Verb

So might be Haaland, who asked to be substituted midway through the second half of Norway's final Nations League game, but that might have been because of fatigue.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Ronaldo started that game but was substituted in the 67th minute.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of substituted

Verb

In hindsight, the Chicks—the Dixie Chicks until the band changed its name in 2020—were practically engineered to stand in opposition to the country establishment.

— Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026
DuVernay makes history organic by capturing how the very texture of people’s lives was changed by the law.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026