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 The video traded the genre’s typical easy-breezy style for a mashup of clips where flames rose, expletives flew, and Tiedemann flipped the bird toward the camera at every opportunity. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 When the game resumes today, he has since been traded to Boston, and takes over behind the plate for Reese McGuire, who has been released. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The Montreal native and 2023 All-Rookie first-team selection was traded to LA in February in a deal that sent center Ivica Zubac to Indiana. — William Guillory, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Charlotte traded the two-time All-Star guard and his teammates Josh Green to the Timberwolves in June for Naz Reid and multiple draft picks. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 L’Jarius Sneed is back after the Chiefs traded him to the Titans two years ago. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 Especially with Watson, CB’s pal, getting traded to the Cavs as part of a five-team swap that landed the Nuggets draft picks in ’31 and ’32. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026 But in Indianapolis, Mitchell had issues with drops, which pushed him down the depth chart before he was traded to the Jets in the Sauce Gardner deal. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 The deal is the first by an African institution to be listed, traded, and settled on a regulated digital exchange. — Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Taylor Swift has been dealt a devastating blow just weeks after exchanging vows with Travis Kelce.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 21 Aug. 2026
The war has dealt another major blow to Iran’s economy, deepening the state of economic crisis the country was already in.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dealt

Verb

The Yellow Affair has also sold Árru to international territories including Angel Distribution (Denmark), Bíó Paradís (Iceland), Filmwelt (Germany, Austria), Fivia (Ex-Yugoslavia), Otaku Mtü (Baltics), Palace (Australia / New Zealand).

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
Tatcha’s top three stock keeping units today include its $74 Dewy Skin Cream, one jar of which is sold every 30 seconds, as well as the lightweight Water Cream and Rice Wash face wash, priced at $74 and $40, respectively.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of sold

Verb

Californians made up just under a quarter of the more than 56,400 people who swapped their out-of-state licenses for Gem State cards last year.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026
More than one OpenAI agent was involved in the hack of Hugging Face, and in at least one case the agents swapped notes on how to sneak into the company’s network.

— Reuters, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of swapped

Verb

The deal was negotiated by Steven Bestwick of The Yellow Affair and Bill Guentzler and RJ Millard on behalf of Obscured Releasing.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
Over the course of 23 bargaining sessions, the union and district representatives have negotiated on class size, wages and Special Education resources, among 57 total proposals.

— Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of negotiated

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The small business, incorporated in 2017, changed its name from Hanes Road Carryout to Beaver’s Mini Mart in January 2025, according to the paperwork.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Stanford is his first college coaching job, but Richard said his approach hasn’t changed.

— Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026