What are some opposite words for exchange?

Antonyms for exchange
ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒex·change

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. exchangeverb

    To change is distinctively to make a thing other than it has been, in some respect at least; to exchange to put or take something else in its place; to alter is ordinarily to change partially, to make different in one or more particulars. To exchange is often to transfer ownership; as, to exchange city for country property. Change is often used in the sense of exchange; as, to change horses. To transmute is to change the qualities while the substance remains the same; as, to transmute the baser metals into gold. To transform is to change form or appearance, with or without deeper and more essential change; it is less absolute than transmute, tho sometimes used for that word, and is often used in a spiritual sense as transmute could not be; "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind," Rom. xii, 2. Transfigure is, as in its Scriptural use, to change in an exalted and glorious spiritual way; "Jesus ... was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light," Matt. xvii, 1, 2. To metamorphose is to make some remarkable change, ordinarily in external qualities, but often in structure, use, or chemical constitution, as of a caterpillar into a butterfly, of the stamens of a plant into petals, or of the crystalline structure of rocks, hence called "metamorphic rocks," as when a limestone is metamorphosed into a marble. To vary is to change from time to time, often capriciously. To commute is to put something easier, lighter, milder, or in some way more favorable in place of that which is commuted; as, to commute capital punishment to imprisonment for life; to commute daily fares on a railway to a monthly payment. To convert (Latin con, with, and verto, turn) is to primarily turn about, and signifies to change in form, character, use, etc., through a wide range of relations; iron is converted into steel, joy into grief, a sinner into a saint. To turn is a popular word for change in any sense short of the meaning of exchange, being often equivalent to alter, convert, transform, transmute, etc. We modify or qualify a statement which might seem too strong; we modify it by some limitation, qualify it by some addition.

    Antonyms:
    abide, bide, continue, endure, hold, keep, persist, remain, retain, stay

    Synonyms:
    alter, change, change, commute, convert, diversify, metamorphose, modify, qualify, shift, substitute, transfigure, transform, transmute, turn, vary, veer

    Preposition:
    To change a home toilet for a street dress; to change from a caterpillar to or into a butterfly; to change clothes with a beggar.

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 6 votes

  1. exchangenoun

    chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

    Synonyms:
    central, telephone exchange, substitution, rally, commutation, interchange

  2. exchangenoun

    a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)

    "they had a bitter exchange"

    Synonyms:
    central, telephone exchange, substitution, rally, commutation, interchange

  3. exchange, interchangenoun

    the act of changing one thing for another thing

    "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners"

    Synonyms:
    rally, commutation, substitution, telephone exchange, reciprocation, central, give-and-take, interchange

  4. exchangenoun

    the act of giving something in return for something received

    "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"

    Synonyms:
    central, telephone exchange, substitution, rally, commutation, interchange

  5. central, telephone exchange, exchangenoun

    a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

    Synonyms:
    commutation, central, telephone exchange, substitution, rally, interchange

  6. exchangenoun

    a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

    Synonyms:
    central, telephone exchange, substitution, rally, commutation, interchange

  7. rally, exchangenoun

    (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

    "after a short rally Connors won the point"

    Synonyms:
    rally, substitution, commutation, rallying, telephone exchange, central, mass meeting, interchange

  8. exchange, interchangenoun

    reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)

    "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"

    Synonyms:
    rally, commutation, substitution, telephone exchange, reciprocation, central, give-and-take, interchange

  9. substitution, exchange, commutationnoun

    the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"

    Synonyms:
    switch, rally, substitution, commutation, replacement, telephone exchange, transposition, commuting, central, re-sentencing, permutation, interchange

  10. exchangenoun

    (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop

    "black lost the exchange"

    Synonyms:
    central, telephone exchange, substitution, rally, commutation, interchange

  11. exchangeverb

    (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value

    "the endgame began after the exchange of queens"

    Synonyms:
    central, telephone exchange, substitution, rally, commutation, interchange

  12. exchange, change, interchangeverb

    give to, and receive from, one another

    "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

    Synonyms:
    alter, interchange, replace, deepen, tack, alternate, modify, vary, change, commute, shift, switch over, flip, flip-flop, transpose, convert, switch, transfer, counterchange, substitute

  13. change, exchange, commute, convertverb

    exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

    "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"

    Synonyms:
    change, interchange, vary, replace, permute, alter, modify, transpose, commute, shift, switch over, win over, convince, convert, switch, transfer, change over, deepen, substitute

  14. switch over, switch, exchangeverb

    change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

    Synonyms:
    change, throw, interchange, replace, switch, tack, alternate, commute, shift, switch over, flip-flop, flip, trade, convert, change over, swap, substitute, swop

  15. exchangeverb

    hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent

    "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"

    Synonyms:
    switch, change, commute, switch over, convert, replace, interchange, substitute

  16. substitute, replace, interchange, exchangeverb

    put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

    "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

    Synonyms:
    change, fill in, interchange, step in, replace, supervene upon, supercede, tack, alternate, deputize, commute, switch over, flip, supplant, transpose, stand in, put back, convert, switch, supersede, flip-flop, deputise, counterchange, substitute, sub

  17. commute, convert, exchangeverb

    exchange a penalty for a less severe one

    Synonyms:
    change, transpose, win over, commute, switch over, switch, change over, permute, convince, convert, replace, interchange, substitute

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. exchangenoun

    Synonyms:
    traffic, trade, barter, commutation, interchange, reciprocity, permutation, bourse, agiotage

  2. exchangeverb

    Synonyms:
    trade, barter, traffic, commute, interchange, reciprocate, bandy, permute

How to use exchange in a sentence?

  1. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum:

    We've given them legitimacy in the international community, something that they deeply wanted here, and they've done basically nothing in exchange for that.

  2. Van Hollen:

    I am very much looking forward to the upcoming campaign and a healthy exchange of ideas.

  3. Oleksandr Kovalov:

    Here were conditions for a mutual ceasefire, a civilized surrender of Azovstal, civilized conditions for our prisoners of war, and an exchange.

  4. Oliver Barron:

    In the medium to long-term, it's clear we will see more M&A activity so China can make good on its goal of becoming more globally relevant, some Chinese companies have been restricted in the purchase of (foreign exchange) FX ... Against such a backdrop, it's clear the Syngenta acquisition is a strategic priority with support from the very top.

  5. George Steiner:

    The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the freak-out have broken off discourse with a cultural system which they despise as a cruel, antiquated fraud. They will not bandy words with it. Accept, even momentarily, the conventions of literate linguistic exchange, and you are caught in the net of the old values, of the grammars that can condescend or enslave.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#656keep
#1001stay
#1050exchange
#1056continue
#1275hold
#2590remain
#6857retain
#12106abide
#17899endure
#18561persist
#68400bide

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