TRADED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

traded

verb

past tense of trade

as in dealt

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property the U.S. agreed to trade with China

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as in exchanged

to give up (something) and take something else in return I'll trade my chocolate chip cookie for your bag of chips

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Recent Examples of traded Political leaders traded accusations over Saturday's violence ahead of next spring's presidential election. — Sylvie Corbet, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 Brazil’s presidential candidates traded barbs in the first debate ahead of Sunday’s runoff, with polls showing a technical tie. — semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026 A little over 3,000 contracts traded, almost all call contracts -- likely traders rolling positions -- worth a total value less than $100,000, according to SpotGamma data. — Oliver Renick,tyler Bailey, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 Winters, a fourth-year pro who was traded to Dallas from the San Francisco 49ers in the offseason, entered Sunday as the Cowboys’ leading tackler this season with 35 (23 solo). — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026 This is good news for McCarthy, who was traded to the Giants from the Vikings last month. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Johnson retired last week and Jurgens was traded to Baltimore a day later. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Since then, the shop and Clarkson have traded messages on social media. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 12 Oct. 2026 And for the remainder of the night, members of the band traded off lead vocals, with Mike Love joining in on background vocals at times. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Nesmith was dealt a flagrant foul, but not before some pushing and shoving broke out.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
To fans, that was the most consequential part of the historic punishment dealt by the NBA, which commissioned a year-long investigation that determined the Clippers committed audacious levels of salary cap circumvention.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of dealt

Verb

Gift returns can be exchanged or refunded for the value indicated on the gift receipt, and refunds will be made in the form of a merchandise credit.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2026
India ranked as Montreal’s second-largest market in 2025, with 1 million metric tons of goods exchanged between the parties.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of exchanged

Verb

The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The team sold just 1,000 of them, bringing in a cool $1 million.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of sold

Verb

Although the couple had swapped the vehicle's license plates, an Arkansas Razorbacks logo seen in surveillance footage was still affixed to the rear of the vehicle.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
The Falcons swapped veteran quarterbacks on their 53-man roster, signing Andy Dalton and releasing Cooper Rush, the team announced Monday.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of swapped

Verb

Mugrabi has disputed that the lien was ever valid, claiming that the Basquiat was pledged as collateral in an October 2023 term sheet, but was substituted with the 1964 Andy Warhol work Jackie the following month.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Greenwood was then substituted, leaving the pitch without a shirt on.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of substituted

Verb

That changed when Detective Tim Cooper, who watched that episode as a child, had a chance encounter in 2018 in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church parking lot.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
The scale, frequency, quantification, and accessibility of social comparison have all changed.

— Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026