COMMERCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for COMMERCE?

Need another word that means the same as “commerce”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “commerce” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Commerce” are: commerce department, department of commerce, doc, commercialism, mercantilism, trade, trading, buying and selling, business, bargaining, dealing, traffic, trafficking, sexual intercourse, intercourse, lovemaking, making love, sex act, sexual relations

Commerce as a Noun

Definitions of "Commerce" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “commerce” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services.
• Sexual intercourse.
• The United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913.
• Social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
• Social dealings between people.
• The activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale.

Synonyms of "Commerce" as a noun (19 Words)

bargaining	The negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement.
business	Business concerns collectively. Show me where the business was today.
buying and selling	The act of buying.
commerce department	Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services.
commercialism	Concern with the making of profit at the expense of artistic or other value. The cut throat commercialism of the Paris art world.
dealing	Business relations or transactions. They had dealings with an insurance company.
department of commerce	A specialized division of a large organization.
doc	The United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913. I felt so bad I went to see my doctor.
making love	An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something.
mercantilism	The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.
sex act	The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles.
sexual intercourse	Communication between individuals.
sexual relations	The principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time.
trade	A trade wind. Players can demand a trade after five years of service.
trading	Buying or selling securities or commodities. Trading profits leapt.
traffic	The messages or signals transmitted through a communications system. Europe s air traffic.
trafficking	Buying and selling; especially illicit trade.

Usage Examples of "Commerce" as a noun

• The changes in taxation are of benefit to commerce.
• The noise and warmth of human commerce.

Associations of "Commerce" (30 Words)

barter	The action or system of bartering. Paper money ceases to have any value and people resort to barter.
budget	Provide a sum of money for a particular purpose from a budget. The president submitted the annual budget to Congress.
commercial	Connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises. They looked like a family from a breakfast cereal commercial.
dealing	Business relations or transactions. He has always been honest is his dealings with me.
deficit	The amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small. An annual operating deficit.
emporium	A large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain.
exchange	Exchange contracts. He exchanged a concerned glance with Stephen.
export	Of a high standard suitable for export. Nearly all the bananas produced were exported to Britain.
exporter	A person or group spreading or introducing ideas and beliefs to another country. Brazil is the world s largest producer and exporter of sugar.
huckster	A person who writes radio or tv advertisements. He was huckstering a video.
importer	A person who introduces an idea from a different place or context. People in underdeveloped regions have become clever importers of new knowledge.
market	A stock market. The product was marketed under the name aspirin.
mercantile	Of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism. The shift of wealth to the mercantile classes.
mercantilism	The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.
merchandise	Branded products used to promote a film, pop group, etc., or linked to a fictional character; merchandising. The official merchandise for the film.
merchant	In historical contexts relating to merchants or commerce. A merchant seaman.
negotiator	A person who conducts negotiations. US trade negotiators.
peddle	Sell (an illegal drug or stolen item. He was arrested after trying to peddle guns.
protectionism	The policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition.
salesman	A man salesperson. An insurance salesman.
salesperson	A person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited.
sell	Sell all of one s stock of something. What we want is to go out of here quiet and talk this show up and sell the rest of the town.
seller	Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money. Street sellers of newspapers flowers etc.
shopkeeper	The owner and manager of a shop.
swap	Give (one thing) and receive something else in exchange. I was wondering if you d like to swap with me.
trade	A trade wind. I had no further trade with him.
trader	A person who buys and sells goods, currency, or shares.
transact	Conduct business. Transact with foreign governments.
undersell	Sell cheaper than one’s competition. We can equal or undersell mail order.
vend	Offer (small items) for sale, either from a stall or from a slot machine. There was a man vending sticky cakes and ices.