Synonyms for commerce
ˈkɒm ərscom·merce

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1. commercenoun

   Synonyms:
   communication, traffic, communion, trade, dealings, intercourse, interchange

2. commercenoun

   The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

   Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. -B. Jonson.

   Synonyms:
   communication, trade, interchange, communion, dealings, intercourse, traffic

3. commercenoun

   Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

   Synonyms:
   trade, intercourse, communion, interchange, communication, dealings, traffic

4. commercenoun

   Sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms:
   interchange, trade, dealings, communion, intercourse, traffic, communication

5. commercenoun

   A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

   Synonyms:
   interchange, intercourse, dealings, traffic, communication, trade, communion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. commerce

   A business is what one follows regularly; an occupation is what he happens at any time to be engaged in; trout-fishing may be one's occupation for a time, as a relief from business; business is ordinarily for profit, while the occupation may be a matter of learning, philanthropy, or religion. A profession implies scholarship; as, the learned professions. Pursuit is an occupation which one follows with ardor. An avocation is what calls one away from other work; a vocation or calling, that to which one is called by some special fitness or sense of duty; thus, we speak of the gospel ministry as a vocation or calling, rather than a business. Trade or trading is, in general, the exchanging of one thing for another; in the special sense, a trade is an occupation involving manual training and skilled labor; as, the ancient Jews held that every boy should learn a trade. A transaction is a single action, whether in business, diplomacy, or otherwise; affair has a similar, but lighter meaning; as, this little affair; an important transaction. The plural affairs has a distinctive meaning, including all activities where men deal with one another on any considerable scale; as, a man of affairs. A job is a piece of work viewed as a single undertaking, and ordinarily paid for as such. Trade and commerce may be used as equivalents, but trade is capable of a more limited application; we speak of the trade of a village, the commerce of a nation. Barter is the direct exchange of commodities; business, trade, and commerce are chiefly transacted by means of money, bills of exchange, etc. Business, occupation, etc., may be what one does independently; employment may be in the service of another. Work is any application of energy to secure a result, or the result thus secured; thus, we speak of the work of God. Art in the industrial sense is a system of rules and accepted methods for the accomplishment of some practical result; as, the art of printing; collectively, the arts. A craft is some occupation requiring technical skill or manual dexterity, or the persons, collectively, engaged in its exercise; as, the weaver's craft.

   Synonyms:
   affair, art, avocation, barter, business, calling, concern, craft, duty, employment, handicraft, job, occupation, profession, trade, trading, traffic, transaction, vocation, work

   Preposition:
   The business of a druggist; in business with his father; doing business for his father; have you business with me? business in New York; business about, concerning, or in regard to certain property.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. commerce

   Synonyms:
   trade, traffic, merchandize, barter, exchange, business, communication, dealing, intercourse

   Antonyms:
   stagnation, exclusion, inactivity, interdict, embargo, dullness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. commerce, commercialism, mercantilismnoun

   transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

   Synonyms:
   commercialism, mercantile system, mercantilism

2. Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoCnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   medico, doctor, physician, commercialism, mercantilism

3. commercenoun

   social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

   Synonyms:
   commercialism, mercantilism

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commercenoun

   Synonyms:
   dealing, trade, traffic, business

2. commercenoun

   Synonyms:
   intercourse, communication

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. commercenoun

   Synonyms:
   traffic, barter, business, trading, intercourse, communication

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "commerce":

   trade, commercial, trading, business, koophandel, usdoc, comercio, doc

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How to use commerce in a sentence?

1. Doug Ducey:

   Everyone knows I am opposed to tariffs and deeply value Arizona's relationship with Mexico. I prioritize national security and a solution to our humanitarian crisis at the border above commerce.

2. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community. It is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods.

3. Kent Winegar:

   It seems like the third time's a charm for UPS, but if e-commerce keeps growing at such a rapid rate we'll see how they do next year.

4. Joseph Guastella:

   This was an unprovoked attack on a U.S. surveillance asset that had not violated Iranian airspace at any time during its mission, this attack is an attempt to disrupt our ability to monitor the area following recent threats to international shipping and free flow of commerce.

5. Steve Clayton:

   Ongoing restructuring to position the group further toward digital commerce will hold back earnings in the near term, perhaps explaining the market’s lack of enthusiasm for the numbers this morning.