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

Getty Images Despite trade wars and tariffs, Japan exported three of its most valuable commodities to the United States (and Canada) this off-season. —Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

While erotic audio content is nothing new, these high-profile celebrity collaborations have helped Quinn turn it into more of a mainstream commodity. —Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 June 2026

This restaurant, like so many recent high-profile openings, is part of the genuinely thrilling wave of South Asian restaurants arguing for regional precision, pushing back against decades of commodity Indian cuisine, the culture- and geography-flattening tikka masalas and garlic naans. —Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 May 2026

Other Sudanese commodities have become part of each side’s war machines, especially gold, the mining of which actually increased during the conflict as prices surged worldwide. —Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026