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 next season Padover traded for Allisha Gray for two draft picks, giving the Dream a solid foundation with Gray, Howard and Hillmon. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Since then, the shop and Clarkson have traded messages on social media. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 12 Oct. 2026 Almost 140,000 options on Snap traded Monday, including about 64,000 call trades that were likely initiated by buyers, compared to under 7,000 puts. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026 The two teams traded scoring drives all game long, with both quarterbacks, LSU's Sam Leavitt and Kentucky's Kenny Minchy, both having big nights, throwing for 275 and 246 yards respectively. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 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 The teams traded touchdowns and field goals early, entering halftime tied 17-17. — Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Hill, who was picked by the Chiefs in the fifth round pick of the 2016 NFL Draft, had 6,630 receiving yards and 56 touchdowns in Kansas City over six seasons before he was traded to the Dolphins. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026 For Cham’s latest launch, designer Christy Cham traded the usual fashion dinner for something a lot more revealing. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Douglas said that Cameron was addicted to cocaine and heroin, dealt methamphetamine and carried a Glock for protection.

— Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
But in a similar move to the substantial losses that Iran had been dealt by the US and Israel earlier in the war, the Houthis chose asymmetric targets.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of dealt

Verb

Jackson struck Chubb after the two exchanged words following the Bills' 37-34 overtime victory over the Rams at SoFi Stadium.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
In sharp contrast to sprawling industry conferences or high-volume networking mixers where business cards are exchanged in seven-minute increments, these occasions are engineered for depth, the co-founders said.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of exchanged

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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