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Synonyms for market

Most common

trade fair mart emporium souq market-place bazaar sale

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Mart — A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time

mart, trade fair, fair, emporium, souq

2. Bazaar — A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently…

market-place, bazaar, arcade

3. Grocery store

grocery store US CA, grocery

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.

    There's a market every Thursday and Saturday in the town square.

  2. n. 2

    A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.

    This site on North Street used to be the market, until it was redeveloped.

  3. n. 3

    Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.

    Stop by the market on your way home and pick up some milk.

Forms

Plural
markets → marts, fairs, emporiums, souqs…

Example sentences

  • mart All humans buy food at the mart.
  • emporium New York City is America's principal emporium.
  • souq You didn't run to Souq Letnayen.
  • bazaar The bazaar is closed, the public square is vacant.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
marketsteady
martsteady
emporiumrising
souqrising

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

By length

4 letters
fair1, sale1, mart1, souq
6 letters
arcade2, bazaar2
7 letters
grocery3
8 letters
exchange2, emporium4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arcade2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
marché
Italiano
mercato
Español
mercado
Deutsch
Markt
Català
mercat