swapverb [ I or T ]
-pp- alsoUK swop -pp- uk/swɒp/us/swɑːp/C1 to give something and be given something else instead:
When you've finished reading your book, and I've finished mine, can we swap?
We swapped addresses with the people we met on holiday.
When he got a job in a bank, he had to swap his jeans and T-shirt for a suit (= he had to wear formal clothes instead of informal ones).
[ + two objects ] I'll swap you my chocolate bar for your peanuts.
We spent the evening swapping (= telling each other) stories/jokes.
Synonym
exchange
More examples
- Would you mind swapping those plates over?
- We swapped houses during the children's school holidays.
- Do you want to swap places?
- If you prefer to sit next to Chris, I'll swap seats with you.
- They've swapped their old car for a much larger one.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- substitution
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
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swapnoun [ C ]
UK also swop uk/swɒp/us/swɑːp/an exchange, or something that is going to be or has been exchanged:
I thought Sam's lunch looked better than mine, so we did a swap.
UK This comic is a swap (= something that was exchanged) that I got from Nick.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- substitution
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
See more results »