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

Chicago Sky players will not be available for selection in Friday’s expansion draft after the team made a pair of trades with the Portland Fire and the Toronto Tempo. —Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026

The tally may change, even during the draft, should the Vikings make any trades. —Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026

Weimer played in 72 games at Triple-A Omaha but was the odd man out when the Royals made a handful of trades last July. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026

Jones said that the team has tried to work some trades to no avail. —Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026

You will then be fully equipped to jump into the action and place your trades. —Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

Very little moves the needle between the flurry of free agent signings, trades and the draft, but this story deserves your attention. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026

When the margins are this small, injuries and trades often prove critical. —Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026

Since gold trades by the ounce globally, 1-ounce coins also keep premium comparisons between programs clean and simple. —Sharon Wu, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026

Verb

Ian trades himself for Roger and begins a life among the Mohawk. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026

In addition to watching oil prices, Jim Cramer said that how Chevron trades is a good barometer of the direction of the overall stock market. —Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026

Higher global oil prices can provide temporary fiscal relief, but Russia’s crude still trades at a significant discount, which limits the scale of any windfall. —Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 20 Mar. 2026

BofA points out that the sector currently trades at 22x trailing free cash flow and 15 times enterprise value to trailing EBITDA. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026

Guha said a scenario where oil trades around $80 per barrel but the conflict is relatively short-lived would result in limited impacts on the global economy. —John Towfighi, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026

That figure drops by 14 miles for the top-end XSE grade, which trades stock 18-inch wheels for 20-inchers. —Adam Ismail, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026

Gang Green has four picks in the top 44 picks after the Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams trades last November. —Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026

If silver trades around $80 today, that would be like silver falling back to $8 per ounce. —Aly J Yale, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026