consumer goods

plural noun

: goods that directly satisfy human wants

Examples of consumer goods in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Of this cohort, two-thirds had a background in health care and consumer goods. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Disrupting even one major route can delay cargo, tighten supplies and drive up prices for energy, food and consumer goods thousands of miles away. — Chloe Taylor,sam Meredith,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Democrats were more likely than Republicans to voice concern about most of the economic issues measured, with the widest gaps on unemployment and the costs of healthcare, housing, food and other consumer goods. — Emily Guskin, ABC News, 29 July 2026

Transactions at wholesale clubs that sell consumer goods and services through a membership model can also be done without cash. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for consumer goods

• backwoods
• childhoods
• falsehoods
• flatwoods
• hardwoods
• priesthoods
• redwoods
• softwoods
• brotherhoods
• cottonwoods
• likelihoods
• livelihoods

Legal Definition

consumer goods

see also:

good sense 2