/ Thesaurus / T Synonyms of trade off Find synonyms for: Noun1. tradeoff, trade-off, exchange, interchangeusage: an exchange that occurs as a compromise; "I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: aversion Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language