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

But those trades now will be tested if Washington makes good on its threat to sanction any entity, including Indian refiners, that have procured Iranian energy. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

Teams like the Minnesota Wild have already begun to write some no-movement clause provisions to qualify them, so that the clause only applies to trades, and not to any future expansion process. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

That’s why Miami needs to be aggressive trying to find a competent backup center, guard and tackle on the waiver wire via trades and through practice squad poaching. — Omar Kelly august 24, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Notably, this figure does not include his stock trades, which were mostly reinvested in the market. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

The president of the new campus is Tamekia Morris, a passionate advocate for getting more women into skilled trades. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Teamsters, which represents skilled trades workers, has planned rallies across CSU campuses over the next month. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Remember, the first-round pick due from the Heat to the Hornets to complete the Rozier trades does not convey to Charlotte until June at the earliest. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

Instead, Zimbardi allegedly put more than $34 million into risky foreign currency trades and lost a substantial amount of it. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Verb

Scalable Capital is opening its investment platform to AI assistants including ChatGPT, Claude and Grok—giving European investors the ability to analyze portfolios, set up savings plans and place trades through prompts. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Unlike the James Webb Space Telescope, which trades panoramic views for a narrow field of view to peer deeply into small, specific patches of the sky, Roman is built for scale. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Scott ventures into sci-fi once more with ‘The Dog Stars,’ a postapocalyptic thriller that trades zombies for pandemics and asks whether hope can outlast catastrophe. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

PepsiCo offers a roughly 4% dividend yield and trades at about 16 times 2027 earnings, a valuation Cramer considers attractive. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

That's because he has been heavily involved in the construction and trades programs at Cherry Creek Innovation Campus. — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

The new collection trades Wilson’s usual boho-meets-Western signature for something even bolder. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026

Nearby Baía dos Porcos trades Sancho’s broad sweep of sand for a tiny, tide-dependent cove surrounded by dark volcanic formations. — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026

But roughly $30 million is coming off the books via free agency and trades the Royals made. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026