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 Phoenix guard Kelsey Plum did not play against the team that traded her a little over a week ago. — 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 And many Americans are wagering on what might happen — users have traded nearly $200 million on the midterm elections so far, a July analysis by NBC News found. — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Antetokounmpo was traded to the Heat this summer after spending the first 13 seasons of his NBA career with the Bucks. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026 The 25-year-old Susac was a Rule 5 Draft pick by the Twins from the Athletics last December then immediately traded to the Giants. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Williams, who has made the last four Pro Bowls, was traded to the Cowboys before the deadline last season in a blockbuster deal with the New York Jets. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 But the Liberty stayed in front as both teams traded baskets, 24-24, in the third quarter before closing it out in the final period. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 At Montauk Yacht Club, where the docks became home to Camp FFF for a couple of days, entrepreneurs traded war stories over panels, games of tug-of-war and dinners curated by chef-in-residence Alison Roman. — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026

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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

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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

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Palace also swapped winger Brennan Johnson for Everton forward Dwight McNeil, who is an option to start against them at Hill Dickinson Stadium in the clubs’ August 22 opener.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Their friends were amazed by their likeness, and ⁠the girls swapped addresses.

— Reuters, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of swapped

Verb

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

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Alaves' Ángel Pérez was reprimanded by coach Quique Sánchez Flores after being substituted and punching the bench several times.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Kane scored twice, his first goal a penalty, in the first half of that 4-2 defeat in Arlington before Vuskovic was substituted after 66 minutes of his sixth senior outing for his country.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026