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Synonyms for trade
Synonyms for trade: craft, barter, deal and patronage. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for trade
Interchangeable with trade in this sense
Audited under trade's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one trade carries in that sense.
- craftnoun, in the sense "the skilled practice of a practical occupation"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name trade as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under trade's own sense. The second reach trade from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
the skilled practice of a practical occupation
He learned his trade as an apprentice.
The true synonym
craft
Same sentence, swapped: He learned his craft as an apprentice.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot trade is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- swap
- deal
- post
Where trade turns up in the game
trade is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where trade is the trap
- postnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is place, in the sense "a job in an organization", and trade is one of the three tiles that lose.
- fraternizeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is associate, in the sense "to associate or mix socially in a friendly way, especially with people one is not supposed to", and trade is one of the three tiles that lose.
- haggleverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is huckster, in the sense "wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)", and trade is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play trade
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so trade reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from actions at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. trade carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.