Synonyms of trades

trades 1 of 2

noun

plural of trade

1

as in exchanges

a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another

when the other team unexpectedly offered to hand over its top pitcher for our star shortstop, our coach agreed to the trade

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exchanges
• swaps
• dealings
• trucks
• barters
• dickers
• deals
• commutations
• trade-offs
• transactions
• bargains
• quid pro quos
• substitutions
• negotiations
• replacements
• back-and-forths
• reciprocations
• horse trades
• recompenses
• logrollings
• requitals

2

as in crafts

an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands

a youth eager to learn the trade of cabinetmaking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crafts
• arts
• skills
• handicrafts
• handcrafts
• occupations
• professions
• métiers
• vocations
• callings

3

as in professions

the activity by which one regularly makes a living

writing is my trade

Synonyms & Similar Words

• professions
• occupations
• vocations
• works
• employments
• lines
• callings
• games
• jobs
• lays
• tasks
• positions
• missions
• businesses
• livelihoods
• assignments
• places
• arts
• enterprises
• crafts
• calls
• situations
• duties
• gigs
• fields
• offices
• handicrafts
• lifeworks
• engagements
• livings
• functions
• appointments
• loads
• rackets
• métiers
• handcrafts
• billets
• posts
• berths
• workloads

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pursuits
• hobbies
• avocations

4

as in sales

the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price

the trade of all of her holdings in the company just before the stock plunged in value immediately aroused suspicions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sales
• transactions
• deals
• purchases
• auctions
• negotiations
• bargains
• buys
• steals
• clearances
• fairs
• silent auctions
• haggles
• fire sales
• closeouts
• garage sales
• yard sales
• tag sales
• rummage sales
• jumble sales

trades

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of trade

1

as in deals

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property

the U.S. agreed to trade with China

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deals
• sells
• negotiates
• exchanges
• swaps
• smuggles
• traffics
• purchases
• bargains
• auctions
• barters
• transacts
• markets
• buys
• merchandises
• supplies
• retails
• resells
• horse-trades
• fences
• wholesales
• black-markets
• invests
• corners
• distributes
• peddles
• takes
• fair-trades
• rebuys
• monopolizes
• picks up
• engrosses
• speculates
• day-trades
• vends
• undersells
• bootlegs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blacks
• boycotts
• blackballs

2

as in swaps

to give up (something) and take something else in return

I'll trade my chocolate chip cookie for your bag of chips

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exchanges
• swaps
• substitutes
• changes
• switches
• shifts
• replaces
• commutes
• interchanges
• supersedes
• displaces
• yields
• surrenders
• reciprocates
• hands over
• cedes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trades

Noun

In theory, with how crowded the wideout room is, GM Dan Morgan could attempt to make one of his annual wide receiver trades that opens up an opportunity for Horn. —Mike Kaye june 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026

The offseason is underway, with the next few weeks expected to bring a flurry of player movement via trades and signings. —Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026

Rumors of trades tend to start surfacing in conjunction with the NBA Draft, set for June 23 and 24 in Brooklyn, New York. —Gary Bedore june 16, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026

One year ago this week the San Francisco Giants made one of the most shocking trades of the season, acquiring Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers more than a month before that summer’s trade deadline. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 16 June 2026

Dubas has executed 44 trades since taking control of the Penguins three years ago, more than one per month. —Josh Yohe, New York Times, 16 June 2026

The biggest trades by dollar amount are happening in the near-the-money 210-strike calls, but there's heavy volume in cheaper contracts that need huge moves to pay off. —Oliver Renick, CNBC, 16 June 2026

Those rewards are defined as the amount that the commissions paid on trades exceed the bank’s cost to execute the transactions. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 June 2026

There's a shortage in the skilled trades right now, Almond said. —Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 9 June 2026

Verb

Fundamentals Booking trades at a modest discount to the industry despite stronger growth and significantly higher profitability. —Tony Zhang, CNBC, 17 June 2026

Bogost lavishes praise on hobbies (fly-fishing), crafts (knitting), and trades (woodworking) as ways to dwell in sensory experience. —Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 17 June 2026

SpaceX, which now trades under the ticker symbol SPCX on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, confirmed a successful satellite deployment about an hour after the launch. —Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 15 June 2026

But with Brunson leading the charge, plus the free agent signings and trades for the other starters (Hart, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby), the Knicks gradually improved. —Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

The New York cello-saxophone duo trades the strictures of classical music for more exploratory tones and textures, fusing the expansiveness of film scores with the immediacy of pop. —Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026

Juan trades stories with his new friend while on his deathbed, recounting old loves and familial pasts. —Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

Musk’s Tesla, by comparison, trades at 17 times its annual revenue, while Google’s parent company, Alphabet, trades at 10 times its annual revenue, said Rich Clayton, research director at SOC Investment Group. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 10 June 2026

Twenty-year-old Steven Zhang trades mostly on Kalshi mention markets, which allow users to bet on whether someone will say a specific word or phrase during an event. —Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 6 June 2026