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 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 Bitcoin traded at $64,259 on Tuesday, near the level where Saylor was buying in February and calling a million dollar price inevitable. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026 The stock traded as high as about $113 that evening before giving back all its gains and dropping 7% to $92 the next day during regular trading. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 Late Saturday night, the trade the baseball world was anticipating (or dreading) finally came to fruition as the Detroit Tigers traded two-time American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal to the Los Angeles Dodgers for three prospects. — Eric Samulski, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026 Robbie Ray and Tyler Mahle were just traded away, while Trevor McDonald and Hayden Birdsong have had their seasons ended by elbow surgeries. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Donald apparently began to entertain the idea of a comeback early last month after the Rams traded for Garrett, one of Donald's few contemporary peers. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 Considering the Cowboys already traded a 2027 first-round pick and a 2026 second-round pick in exchange for Williams before the trade deadline last season, the investment into the four-time Pro Bowler stands to grow much larger. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026

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Verb

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
Another judge dealt the backers of the measure a second loss by tentatively finding that their description of the measure, submitted for the official state voter’s guide, was misleading.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of dealt

Verb

Thorne and Zendaya exchanged notes and realized the animosity between them wasn’t coming from either one.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Since first participating in the CRS in 2018, offshore financial account information has been continuously exchanged with Chinese tax authorities.

— Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of exchanged

Verb

That decision permanently strips the owner of future growth, dividends, voting rights and control over when the stock is sold.

— Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
Deliveries won’t begin until 2029, but more than two-thirds of the limited 71-unit production run have been sold before the car is even shown to the public.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of sold

Verb

Bookstores needed a similar rehaul and every bit of Nike branding – on office, arena and stadium walls and hallways – had to be swapped in a no-swoosh left behind conversion to three stripes.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Reliever swap While these were two separate trades, Miami essentially swapped out Bachar for Vodnik in the bullpen.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of swapped

Verb

Suffice it to say that the Kittrells could probably have negotiated much better deals with their creditors than 100 cents on the dollar.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who negotiated the 39 percent compromise, has stressed that Congress wrote the cap into law specifically to keep the FCC from changing it.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of negotiated

Verb

After all, the head of Medusa can be turned around and then worn like a mask; the evil eye can be substituted for one’s own.

— Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
Jones wasn’t happy that Szoboszlai gave it to Kostas Tsimikas rather than him when he was substituted in the second half.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of substituted

Verb

What changed in the past generation is that companies other than banks and consulting firms have disappeared from campus recruiting, and colleges have allowed a recruiting race to the bottom in return.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
The researchers demonstrated the concept using signals whose characteristics changed over time, including handwriting and object movement at different speeds.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026