Synonyms for commercial

Most common

mercantile · trading · mercenary

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Adjective

Noun

Antonyms

noncommercial, uncommercial, nonprofit

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Of or pertaining to commerce.

2. n. 1

   An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.

   She was in a commercial for breakfast cereal.

Related words

Word family

commercialize commercialism commerce

Phrases

commercial traveller commercial at commercial law commercial break commercial paper

Is a kind of

advertisement

Forms

Plural

commercials → money-makings, advertisements…

Example sentences

• mercenary As a mercenary, did you participate in torture sessions?
• mercantile To what extent was Igor wrong calling her "mercantile"?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters

trading²

9 letters

mercenary⁴

10 letters

mercantile³

11 letters

moneymaking⁴

13 letters

advertisement⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trading² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

commercial

Italiano

commerciale