swapper

One who trades

A swapper is someone who swaps—exchanges one thing for another.

The term appears in contexts where trading is systematic: wife swappers, coupon swappers, The online forum connected swappers looking to trade vinyl records.

In computing, a swapper may refer to a program or process that manages memory swapping between RAM and disk storage.

barter

trade

Exchange of commodities

  • haggleDispute price persistently
  • negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
  • dealAgreement or distribution

exchange · flea market · trading post · barter · goods · merchandise · commodities · quid-pro-quo · dicker · bazaar

substitute

replacement

What takes another's place

fill-in · proxy · surrogate · understudy · spare · relief · placeholder · switch-hitter · pinch-hitter · reserve

trader

dealer

One who sells goods

reseller · flipper · collector · vendor · arbitrageur · wholesaler · retailer · auctioneer · consignor · purveyor

digital

peer-to-peer

Serverless network architecture

  • P2PDirect participant-to-participant networking
  • downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
  • uploadTransfer data outward

torrent · sharing · transfer · sync · data · media · software · network · protocol · client

mechanism

transposer

One who changes position

rotator · changer · alternator · toggle · relay · commutator · selector · plug-and-play · modular

Categories
Opposites
exchange behavior

swapperhoarder

One who amasses excessively

keeper · collector · accumulator · retainer · saver

acquisition style

swappertaker

One who accepts

buyer · seller · grabber · purchaser · hoarder

Phrases
Family

swapping, swapped, swappers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G