Synonyms for mercantile
- adjective
Most common
commercial mercenary trading retail wholesale
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Commercial
Definitions
- adj. 1
Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit.
Related words
- Word family
- mercantilist merchant
Example sentences
- commercial Commercial Code can be called an enterprise method.
- mercenary As a mercenary, did you participate in torture sessions?
- trading Has anybody here made a profit in futures trading?
- retail A retail merchant buys wholesale and sells retail.
- wholesale A retail merchant buys wholesale and sells retail.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mercantile | falling | |
| commercial | falling | |
| mercenary | rising | |
| trading | rising | |
| retail | falling | |
| wholesale | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- retail2
- 7 letters
- trading2
- 9 letters
- wholesale2, mercenary4
- 10 letters
- commercial3
- 11 letters
- moneymaking4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (retail2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mercantile
- Español
- mercantil