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

Additionally, players acquired as part of recent trades — Liam Greentree for Panarin and Cole Beaudoin for Trocheck — could start earning NHL minutes. — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Blockbuster trades and high-profile free-agent signings have been Rams trademarks during the Sean McVay era, but success also has been built on more subtle transactions. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Unfortunately, the team was non-competitive down the stretch, dropping their final five games by 23 or more points each after mid-season trades cleared out key stars. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Artificial intelligence is the latest trading innovation, helping traders analyze data, find patterns, test strategies, manage risk, and execute trades. — Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

In the short term, the market is a voting machine, and most options trades are, by their nature, short-term votes. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Despite the structure of bets and trades, the point of the idea-futures business is to gamble on insight rather than ignorance. — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Blockbuster trades for All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie and two-time defensive player of the year Myles Garrett preceded Donald's decision to dust off his cleats and pads. — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Some trades could still be out there for the Panthers’ taking. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026

Verb

While the offshore Chinese currency trades more freely than the onshore one, it's still largely anchored to the latter, which is managed by the People's Bank of China. — Lisa Kim, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

As if this weren’t enough for one day, Venus will also make its debut in the secretive and smoldering sign of Scorpio, where the love planet trades light-hearted flirtation for something deeper and way more intense. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

All-day diner Fenix trades typical coffee shop fare for an interactive robatayaki grill, sushi bar, and tandoor oven. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

The exchange does have a corporate sibling that trades against customers, a feature the CFTC is currently scrutinizing. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Any nation that trades with Iran or facilitates its financial transactions is susceptible to secondary sanctions, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at a news conference. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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