TRADES Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

trades 1 of 2

noun

plural of trade

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

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as in crafts

an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands a youth eager to learn the trade of cabinetmaking

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as in professions

the activity by which one regularly makes a living writing is my trade

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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

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trades

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of trade

as in deals

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 swaps

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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Noun

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 Buckhout will have to pay a penalty of just under $2,600 for her trades. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 And as careers in skilled trades become more attractive alternatives to four-year degrees, fewer high school graduates are choosing to go straight to college. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Mozeliak has revamped the Angels’ front office, fired three coaches, made sweeping trades and changed the franchise’s draft strategy. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Some trades could still be out there for the Panthers’ taking. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026 Fins also made a couple of minor trades, including shipping QB Quinn Ewers to Jacksonville for a late pick. — Greg Cote august 30, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 And the Giants have talked to teams about possible Slayton trades for years. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026

Verb

That's a nearly four-turn discount to P & G, which trades at about 20 times 2027 earnings estimates. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 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

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Noun

Leshy noted that land exchanges involving the Park Service are quite rare.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Earlier this year, the exchange integrated Polymarket Builder, a tool that lets exchanges and apps offer Polymarket’s existing prediction markets within their own products.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

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Other festival highlights include a giant pumpkin regatta, glass making workshop, grape stomping competition, pumping carving, a youth makers market, crafts, face painting and bumper boats.

— Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 1 Sep. 2026
In a voice at once biting and contemplative, eerie and funny, Kasischke crafts poems in which nothing is ever stable or resolved.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of crafts

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Looking at passing citizens reveals flavor text about their professions and backgrounds.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2026
Ranging in age from 24 to 49, the 21-player group includes a professional wrestler, voice actress, federal prosecutor, baseball executive and sociology professor, among many other professions.

— Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

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Verb

The conference swaps out Texas State for Louisiana Tech this year.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The closest mainstream offering is Honda's Rebel 1100 DCT, which starts at around US$10,400 – and even that swaps the traditional V-twin for a parallel-twin engine.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026

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Designed and decorative For textile arts, Heirloom Naga, founded in Dimapur, is a must-visit.

— Sohini Dey, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Since her death in 2016, the foundation has been focused on addressing mental health and trauma through education, therapeutic resources and creative arts.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

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New Occupations Are Emerging Yet alongside those job-market figures, new occupations are emerging — such as AI trainers, large‑model application specialists and AI‑ethics officers.

— Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
The real fault line, Burn-Murdoch argues, isn’t between occupations, but between execution and evaluation.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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