Synonyms of commodify

commodify

verb

as in to exploit

disapproving to treat (something that cannot be owned or that everyone has a right to) like a product that can be bought and sold

Do we really want to commodify our water supply?

I feel like our culture is being commodified.

Related Words

• exploit
• manipulate
• abuse
• commercialize
• use
• leverage
• pimp
• impose (on or upon)
• milk
• play (on or upon)
• cash in (on)
• mistreat
• capitalize (on)
• work
• cheat
• jerk around
• bleed
• soak
• skin
• overcharge
• stick
• fleece

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of commodify

If the sole aim of a company is to profit, extraction and exploitation become the norm as businesses seek new resources to commodify. — Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 9 Jan. 2025

Model improvements may commodify quickly. — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Far from democratizing creativity, these projects frequently centralize authority and commodify the works of individual creators. — Virginie Berger, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024

Publicis and other advertising firms argue that these new AI tools makes marketing more relevant to customers and less wasteful, but regulators — particularly in Europe — remain wary of systems that commodify vast amounts of personal data. — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025