Synonyms for trade
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Swap — to give (something) in exchange (for)
3. Use — to use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit
Other
do business, speculate, merchandise dated, merchandize US
Noun
1. Business — the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
2. Commerce
Other
barter, craft, employment, sale, handicraft, art, occupation, following, pursuit, calling, vocation, quid pro quo
Definitions
- v. 1
To give (something) in exchange (for).
Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
- v. 2
To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit.
Some musicians try to trade on their past success by playing the same hits over and over again.
- n. 1
The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
Trade has been down in this cold weather.
- n. 2
The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
Related words
- Word family
- tradeless trade-off trader tradesfolk tradesman tradesperson tradie tradable
- Phrases
- trade name trade union trade fair freedom of trade trade dress trade edition trade paper trade route
- Is a kind of
- deal switch
Choose the right word
Trade or trading is, in general, the exchanging of one thing for another; in the special sense, a trade is an occupation involving manual training and skilled labor; as, the ancient Jews held that every boy should learn a trade.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- sell They sell many types of food and grocery products.
- bargain He is a right person who can drive a hard bargain.
- exchange Our exchange students are leaving Japan next week.
- swap Where's your twenty? I'll swap it for a fiver.
By length
- 3 letters
- use1, art1
- 4 letters
- deal1, sell1, sale1, milk1, swap1
- 5 letters
- truck1, craft1
- 6 letters
- switch1, custom2, barter2, dicker2
- 7 letters
- calling2, traffic2, dealing2, pursuit2, bargain2, exploit2, chaffer
- 8 letters
- business2, exchange2, commerce2, leverage3, vocation3
- 9 letters
- following3, negotiate4, speculate3, patronage3
- 10 letters
- employment3, occupation4, handicraft3
- 11 letters
- merchandise3, interchange3, merchandize
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (custom2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- commercer
- Italiano
- commerciare
- Español
- comerciar