TRADING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

trading

verb

present participle of trade

as in dealing

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 exchanging

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 trading This offseason, the Bengals added talent, trading for defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence and signing safety Bryan Cook and edge Boye Mafe. — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 By optimizing for the cheapest possible volume, Google is trading its long-term reputational authority for short-term balance sheet protection. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 Brent crude, the international standard, was trading at more than $95 a barrel Friday, up from roughly $70 before the war. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 The company’s shares have fallen more than 15% over the last 12 months and have been trading around $55. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Bitcoin had been in the doldrums for much of this year, trading roughly within the range of $60,000 to $70,000 since early June. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 Zhu wants agents trading exactly those, starting with government bonds and money-market funds and moving to real estate and private credit, sold to banks as a service rather than built in-house. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Cam Miller cut The Dolphins moved on from a second backup quarterback, releasing Cam Miller less than 18 hours after trading Quinn Ewers to Jacksonville. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 Ina Garten is trading TV for YouTube, launching a video podcast on the streaming platform in partnership with Vox Media. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trading

Verb

Any dealing by mainstream parties with AfD is particularly sensitive in view of Germany’s Nazi past.

— Kirsten Grieshaber, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
If Cease and the rotation keep dealing and Louis Varland and the bullpen can survive one more month, any offensive revival would make the Jays a real threat.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of dealing

Verb

Giants special assistant Ron Wotus considered Vitello’s first-inning ejection by umpire Alan Porter last Friday so unfair that he got kicked out the following day while exchanging lineup cards.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
At the time, purchasing teams spent an extraordinary amount of effort exchanging emails, updating spreadsheets and manually tracking order status.

— Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of exchanging

Verb

Rights groups, fishermen and their relatives have questioned the campaign, alleging vessels were targeted without sufficient evidence of links to trafficking.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
Another use of these drones is for trafficking, allegedly across the Mexico-US border.

— Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of trafficking

Verb

Penn State has an easier path than Michigan or USC, though the Nittany Lions also have more unknowns after swapping out roughly half of their roster.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
After considering several options, including swapping the heat shield out for a newer one with more permeable Avcoat, NASA decided instead to change Orion’s reentry profile.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of swapping

Verb

Ball State is selling its Saturday afternoon and accepting a few bruises for nearly $2 million.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman took turns Thursday evening selling their environmental records — and painting starkly different pictures of the city’s performance under Bass’ leadership.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of selling

Verb

San Francisco must now fight the effects of trying to reset those body clocks back to Pacific Time ahead of the final 16 games, and perhaps that’s Los Angeles’ edge in never changing at all.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Opening acts, changing for each city, will include Tinashe, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, Kylie Minogue, Lainey Wilson, Q Marsden, The Womack Sisters, Getdown Services, Caroline Polachek, Feist, LCD Soundsystem, Baby Rose and Tears for Fears.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of changing

Verb

Still, there was much pomp and circumstance at the gala in July, and many thousands of dollars’ worth of clothing and jewelry plus plenty of vertiginous heels negotiating with the gravel.

— Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The five countries have been negotiating with governments mainly in Africa over potential sites, pioneering the initiative for the whole of the EU.

— Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiating

Verb

More concerning changes include consistently struggling to recall familiar words, substituting incorrect words, losing the meaning of common words, or experiencing memory problems that are getting worse or interfering with everyday life.

— Allison Forsyth, HEALTH, 2 Sep. 2026
It can be made year-round, substituting in whatever fruit is available, ripe and delicious.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026