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

That is because the Ivorian cocoa industry remains tethered to the boom and bust of commodity prices. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026

Michigan State’s Yeargain, writing in the Missouri Law Review in 2020 about fake polls affecting prediction markets, argued that publishing fake polls to influence betting markets was either commodities fraud or wire fraud, or both. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Like many Latin American countries during this period, Bolivia struggled with hyperinflation, rising foreign debt, and declining revenues from commodity exports, particularly the collapse of the tin-mining industry. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

The dollar’s dominance will erode more rapidly, with its share of global foreign exchange reserves perhaps falling below 50 percent as bilateral currency arrangements proliferate and the pricing of commodities diversifies. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026