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

The stock has an average analyst rating of overweight, but consensus prices targets are roughly 2% below where the stock trades, according to FactSet data. —Michelle Fox, CNBC, 10 June 2026

The company has also argued that training Americans in skilled trades is essential to dominating China’s AI capacity. —Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 June 2026

The 49ers did it in March, surrendering a third-round draft pick to the Dallas Cowboys, who had a surplus of starting defensive tackles after last season’s trades for Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark. —Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 June 2026

Williams mined her love of Hollywood — from the glitz of the Oscars to reading industry trades as a child — to create Sasha's character. —Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

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

Others plan to enter skilled trades such as electrical work, carpentry and welding. —Melissa Candy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026

Kalshi referred the suspicious trades to its regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and to the Justice Department, the sources said. —Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 3 June 2026

Kalshi also reported the trades to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a federal regulatory body that has vowed to crack down on insider trading in prediction marketplaces. —Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026

Verb

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

Simon Property has an average analyst rating of overweight, although the consensus price target is only around where the stock trades today, according to FactSet. —Michelle Fox, CNBC, 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

He-Man trades his mystical sword for Skeletor's hand. —Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 June 2026

Bitcoin trades 24 hours a day, seven days a week, allowing investors to buy, sell or transfer it at virtually any time. —Sharon Wu, USA Today, 2 June 2026

Or is there a chance Davidson trades away Korchinski, Del Mastro or another young defender? —Scott Powers, New York Times, 1 June 2026