Synonyms of commodity

commodity

noun

kə-ˈmä-də-tē 

1

as in object

one that has a real and independent existence

the docudrama really wasn't a commodity until the television networks started creating their own feature-length movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• object
• entity
• substance
• reality
• individual
• thing
• something
• being
• body
• subject
• existent
• matter
• individuality
• integer
• material
• quantity
• stuff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonentity

2

as in goods

commodities plural products that are bought and sold in business

commodities such as sugar and oil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• goods
• export
• supply
• merchandise
• import
• wares
• stock
• inventory
• staples
• stuff
• line
• durables
• domestics
• job lot
• hard goods

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of commodity

The core is our Global Trade Optimizer, a proprietary should-cost platform with thousands of cost models and live feeds on commodity inputs, raw material costs, labor rates and tariffs. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Since then, a growing movement across North America is attempting to transform ecological menaces into culinary commodities, from Florida to Hawai’i, British Columbia, Maine, and the Mississippi River basin. — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

He was finally elected to the Presidency in 2002 and served two terms, until the end of 2010, harnessing a commodity boom to invest in major social spending, including welfare programs, that lifted tens of millions out of poverty. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

His administration waived restrictions on buying Russian diesel earlier this month in an effort to ease pressure on the price of the commodity, a move Zelenskyy argued could embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin. — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026