Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun swap
1 sense of swap
Sense 1
barter, swap, swop, trade -- (an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter")
=> exchange, interchange -- (reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb swap
2 senses of swap
Sense 1
trade, swap, swop, switch -- (exchange or give (something) in exchange for)
=> exchange, change, interchange -- (give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year")
Sense 2
swap -- (move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science)
=> travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")