COMMERCIALISTIC Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

commercialistic

adjective

Definition of commercialistic

as in materialistic

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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

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
Appearing as push notifications, emails and messages within the settings app, Apple threat notifications are sent to users who may be targeted by mercenary spyware attacks.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of mercenary

Adjective

All this acquisitive activity has turned the majority of physicians into employees rather than independent operators.

— Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Looking back on his 27 years with the bank, Gentry said the timing, loopholes, tax strategies and negotiations that gave the business its acquisitive edge were not because of dumb luck.

— Chase Jordan April 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of acquisitive

Adjective

Penguin Random House, largest seller of books, and most eager to sell them best, testified in court that the sales of only 4 percent of its books effectively subsidized the rest.

— M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
The race has already inflamed tensions within the Democratic Party over how to energize liberal voters eager for unapologetic, combative candidates while not alienating independents and moderates who have been key to winning in battlegrounds.

— Matt Brown, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of eager

Adjective

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
Its roles include anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface operations, intelligence gathering, special operations support and sea denial.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 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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