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Synonyms for staple

Most common

essential commodity

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Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.

Forms

Plural
staples → essentials, basics, principals, materials…

Example sentences

  • essential Selfishness is an essential part of his character.
  • commodity The government has held commodity prices in check.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
staplesteady
essentialsteady
commodityfalling

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

By length

4 letters
body2, mass1, loop1, bulk1
5 letters
chief1, basic2
8 letters
material4
9 letters
essential3, principal3, substance2, commodity4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (body2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
agrafe
Español
grapa
Deutsch
Agraffe
Català
gafet