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Synonyms of exchange in English:

exchange


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See Spanish definition of intercambio

noun

1‘they aim to promote the open exchange of ideas’

SYNONYMS
interchange, trade, trading, trade-off, swapping, barter, giving and taking, traffic, trafficking, bandying, reciprocity
archaic truck

2‘he became a broker on the exchange’

SYNONYMS
stock exchange, money market, bourse

3‘they had a brief and acrimonious exchange’

SYNONYMS
conversation, dialogue, chat, talk, word, discussion, meeting, conference
debate, argument, altercation, war of words
British informal confab, row, barney, slanging match
formal confabulation
rare colloquy

verb

1‘we exchanged shirts’

SYNONYMS
trade, swap, switch, barter, change, interchange
reciprocate
archaic truck

Phrases

    exchange blows

    ‘they exchanged blows with men from a nearby village’


    SYNONYMS
    fight, brawl, grapple, scuffle, tussle, box, come to blows, engage in fisticuffs
    hit each other
    informal scrap, have a set-to, have a ding-dong
    British informal have a punch-up
    Scottish informal swedge
    North American informal roughhouse
    Australian, New Zealand informal stoush, go the knuckle
    exchange words

    ‘the two exchanged words and a fight ensued’


    SYNONYMS
    argue, disagree, quarrel, squabble, clash, have an argument, have a disagreement, have a quarrel, have a squabble
    British informal have a slanging match