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 Despite a recent playoff sweep and significant roster changes under new management, including trading Kevin Durant, the Suns aim to build on last season's surprising playoff appearance with Brooks as a key piece. — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Silicon Valley private schools are trading silent auctions for cap tables with a handful of Bay Area campuses now running miniature venture funds steered by parent-investors from Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Battery. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 Spot silver was trading at just under $65 an ounce on Thursday. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 The City of Atlanta and Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners have been trading negotiations over the sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center, and things have started to get ugly. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Yet Dunleavy had no problem entertaining the notion of trading one of the single greatest athletes in any sport, ever. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 His grandfather, Keshavlal Modi, began trading rough diamonds in the 1930s, navigating the Mumbai-Singapore commercial route and laying the foundations of the family business. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

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In addition to their own first-round pick, the Jets also have the Colts’ and Cowboys’ first-round picks after dealing Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams at the trade deadline.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
So maybe, counterintuitively, this is the perfect moment for the BBC to launch a new reality show that aims to incubate the next great art-dealing duo.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of dealing

Verb

Frank Cascio and his siblings Dominic, Marie-Nicole, and Aldo filed their trafficking lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court last February.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026
The administration awarded another contract worth up to $244 million to Our Rescue, an anti-child-trafficking organization based in Sandy, Utah.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of trafficking

Verb

Walsh added that Navy planners had discussed the possibility of swapping the two carriers, even before the latest concerns emerged.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Like any good far future dystopia, SpaceCorp positions massive corporations as the true governing entities of the future, swapping in private investors for diplomats and corporate boards for politicians.

— Alan Bradley, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of swapping

Verb

There are concerns around selling the versatile Spence but new signing Andy Robertson will provide competition at left-back for Destiny Udogie, while Archie Gray can cover Pedro Porro on the opposite side.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Another state-run newspaper, Global New Light of Myanmar, said authorities asked street food vendors selling high-risk items to close for about three days to curb the spread.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of selling

Verb

Traffic through the waterway remains low and although Iran and Oman are negotiating over the waterway, there are no immediate signs of a deal.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
He may be entitled to dislike the Supreme Court’s answer but he is really not entitled to keep fidgeting with it as though a constitutional Supreme Court judgment were merely a negotiating position.

— Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of negotiating

Verb

Start by substituting the x- and y-coordinates of the two points into the equation describing the line to get two new equations.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Say, the need for even clearer descriptions for how long to mix pie dough; or indicating where ingredient swaps are possible, like substituting collard greens for kale in braised greens.

— Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026