TRADED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

traded

verb

past tense of trade

as in dealt

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 exchanged

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 traded Shares have traded lower after each of its last four reports and our technical levels have been able to guide us to profits. — Jay Woods, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 Zero-day options are option contracts that expire at the end of the same day they are traded. — Daniel Kern, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 That is definitely the way things are when the wife of the team's biggest star is talking openly about her husband getting traded. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The Hornets won in large part by limiting NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was traded to Miami this summer from the Milwaukee Bucks, to just 14 points and six rebounds. — Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026 For the second round of celebrations on Saturday evening, Drake traded his debonair tuxedo for a cheetah-print Chrome Hearts jacket and bright red leather trousers. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026 Bethune and Utah Royals midfielder Cloé Lacasse traded the lead, and each had that many — 10 — entering the penultimate weekend of the regular season. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026 Political leaders traded accusations over Saturday's violence ahead of next spring's presidential election. — Sylvie Corbet, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 Brazil’s presidential candidates traded barbs in the first debate ahead of Sunday’s runoff, with polls showing a technical tie. — semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Nesmith was dealt a flagrant foul, but not before some pushing and shoving broke out.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
To fans, that was the most consequential part of the historic punishment dealt by the NBA, which commissioned a year-long investigation that determined the Clippers committed audacious levels of salary cap circumvention.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of dealt

Verb

Gift returns can be exchanged or refunded for the value indicated on the gift receipt, and refunds will be made in the form of a merchandise credit.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2026
India ranked as Montreal’s second-largest market in 2025, with 1 million metric tons of goods exchanged between the parties.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of exchanged

Verb

Ganga is going through a divorce that requires the home to be sold.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
For resale platforms, like Vestiaire Collective, that are founded on the principles of buyer and seller trust, the challenge isn’t only to determine whether a luxury good is genuine, but whether it can legally be sold.

— Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of sold

Verb

Although the couple had swapped the vehicle's license plates, an Arkansas Razorbacks logo seen in surveillance footage was still affixed to the rear of the vehicle.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
The Falcons swapped veteran quarterbacks on their 53-man roster, signing Andy Dalton and releasing Cooper Rush, the team announced Monday.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of swapped

Verb

Mugrabi has disputed that the lien was ever valid, claiming that the Basquiat was pledged as collateral in an October 2023 term sheet, but was substituted with the 1964 Andy Warhol work Jackie the following month.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Greenwood was then substituted, leaving the pitch without a shirt on.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of substituted

Verb

That changed when Detective Tim Cooper, who watched that episode as a child, had a chance encounter in 2018 in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church parking lot.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
The scale, frequency, quantification, and accessibility of social comparison have all changed.

— Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026