commercialistic

adjective

Definition of commercialisticnext
as in materialistic

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

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
  • One event occurred in 2015 when the mercenary hacker collective Hacking Team used one against a target it had been contracted to infect.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Tough, mercenary, willing to get a man over the mountains if the price was right, the guides set their own terms and schedule.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 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
  • Scavullo was dead, however, and nobody seemed eager to help her.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • There will always be meaningful stories to tell, people compelled to tell them, and audiences eager to experience them.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 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
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

commercialism
commercialistic
commercialize
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Commercialistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commercialistic. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of hobnob

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Words from the 'Odyssey'

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
funny guinea pig in glasses reading a book
Challenging Words You Should Know Vol 2 Words to the wise
See All