hypermarket

noun

hy·​per·​mar·​ket ˈhī-pər-ˌmär-kət 

: a very large store that carries products found in a supermarket as well as merchandise commonly found in department stores

Examples of hypermarket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Filmed on location in Mallorca, the six-part series follows Tom (Lasson) and Petra (Linnertorp), a successful Swedish couple who sell their hypermarket in Sweden for a tidy sum and head for a life of luxury on the Spanish island. —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025

What To Know The fire broke out in the commercial building in the center of Wasit Province on Wednesday, which housed a restaurant and a hypermarket and had been open for only seven days, the Interior Ministry said in a statement published on Facebook. —Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025

Countless bakeries, cafes, post offices, train stations, banks and Mom-and-Pop stores have closed as online retail, big-box hypermarkets and pressure on municipal budgets have taken a toll. —Roger Cohen, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025

Customers shop for milk and dairy items inside an Auchan Retail International hypermarket in Moscow, Russia. —Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hypermarket

• aftermarket
• patriarchate
• supermarket
• market
• nonmarket
• premarket
• upmarket