commercialistic

adjective

Definition of commercialisticnext
as in materialistic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commercialistic
  1. materialistic
  2. avaricious
  3. mercenary
  4. acquisitive
  5. eager
  6. surface
  7. desirous
  8. grasping
Adjective
  • Tuesday Weld played Thalia Menninger, Dobie’s beautiful, materialistic first love.
    — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • New, fashionable clothing, it was implied, was materialistic and ungodly.
    — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Definition of materialistic
Adjective
  • Played by a Colman Domingo who is done up to look the most wax figurine of them all in a shellacking of makeup, prosthetics, and colored contacts, Joe is always either giving an avaricious open-mouthed leer or a cold-eyed glare.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a quasi-heist theme to The Christophers, which revolves around an acclaimed artist (McKellen), who has long since stopped making new work, and his avaricious children (Gunning and Corden) who try to enlist Coel to complete some of their dad’s unfinished paintings.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of avaricious
Adjective
  • However, the calculation changes if Apple sends you a mercenary spyware notification.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Lee joins after inking a deal to star in Tygo, a Korean-language entry in the franchise centered on his former child soldier turned mercenary, which is in post-production.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of mercenary
Adjective
  • But for an acquisitive current occupant of the White House, the oldest continuously active musical organization hasn’t seemed enough.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • All this acquisitive activity has turned the majority of physicians into employees rather than independent operators.
    — Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Definition of acquisitive
Adjective
  • Netflix has worked assiduously to burnish its reputation as a home for advertisers seeking to align themselves with its popular programs and eager to avoid the traditional model of deploying typical 30-second commercials.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Thanks to hundreds of millions of dollars invested into their respective football teams by eager boosters, both SMU and Texas Tech have jumped ahead of everyone else in this state for the best view of UT and A&M’s backsides.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of eager
Adjective
  • Massachusetts is equipped for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, intelligence gathering, surveillance, strike missions, special operations, and mine warfare.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Thanks to strong multi-surface suction, this upright vacuum can go right from the living room carpet to the kitchen without missing a beat (or a crumb).
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of surface
Adjective
  • Into this murky brew come companies that are desirous of using AI and finding a means to stir their employees towards becoming avid users of AI.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • Dracula and his brides are not the only hungrily desirous characters on display.
    — Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of desirous
Adjective
  • My hope is tenuous, grasping; scar tissue from 108 years of futility is never fully salved.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In this war lawyers invariably are depicted as soulless and grasping ambulance-chasers unconcerned about their clients’ welfare, and businesses as, well, soulless, grasping and unconcerned about their customers.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Definition of grasping
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