consumer goods

plural noun

: goods that directly satisfy human wants

Examples of consumer goods in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The cost of health care, housing, food, energy and consumer goods were also concerns for voters, the poll found. — Terry Collins, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Even consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser, with nearly 200-year-old roots in the UK, got two-thirds of its 2025 revenue from emerging markets and North America. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 21 July 2026

For a Japanese company to leverage Ohtani and the Dodgers to introduce itself to an American audience is nothing new — not just for tangible consumer goods, but also for animated characters. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

The audiences are more specialized than in almost any other industry, every interaction lives inside a strict regulatory environment and the stakes—real clinical decisions, real patients—are different from selling software or consumer goods. — Kamya Elawadhi, Forbes.com, 7 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