Synonyms for commerce
ˈkɒm ərscom·merce

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1. commercenoun

   Synonyms:
   communication, traffic, communion, trade, dealings, intercourse, interchange

2. commercenoun

   The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

   Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. -B. Jonson.

   Synonyms:
   communication, trade, interchange, communion, dealings, intercourse, traffic

3. commercenoun

   Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

   Synonyms:
   trade, intercourse, communion, interchange, communication, dealings, traffic

4. commercenoun

   Sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms:
   interchange, trade, dealings, communion, intercourse, traffic, communication

5. commercenoun

   A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

   Synonyms:
   interchange, intercourse, dealings, traffic, communication, trade, communion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. commerce

   A business is what one follows regularly; an occupation is what he happens at any time to be engaged in; trout-fishing may be one's occupation for a time, as a relief from business; business is ordinarily for profit, while the occupation may be a matter of learning, philanthropy, or religion. A profession implies scholarship; as, the learned professions. Pursuit is an occupation which one follows with ardor. An avocation is what calls one away from other work; a vocation or calling, that to which one is called by some special fitness or sense of duty; thus, we speak of the gospel ministry as a vocation or calling, rather than a business. Trade or trading is, in general, the exchanging of one thing for another; in the special sense, a trade is an occupation involving manual training and skilled labor; as, the ancient Jews held that every boy should learn a trade. A transaction is a single action, whether in business, diplomacy, or otherwise; affair has a similar, but lighter meaning; as, this little affair; an important transaction. The plural affairs has a distinctive meaning, including all activities where men deal with one another on any considerable scale; as, a man of affairs. A job is a piece of work viewed as a single undertaking, and ordinarily paid for as such. Trade and commerce may be used as equivalents, but trade is capable of a more limited application; we speak of the trade of a village, the commerce of a nation. Barter is the direct exchange of commodities; business, trade, and commerce are chiefly transacted by means of money, bills of exchange, etc. Business, occupation, etc., may be what one does independently; employment may be in the service of another. Work is any application of energy to secure a result, or the result thus secured; thus, we speak of the work of God. Art in the industrial sense is a system of rules and accepted methods for the accomplishment of some practical result; as, the art of printing; collectively, the arts. A craft is some occupation requiring technical skill or manual dexterity, or the persons, collectively, engaged in its exercise; as, the weaver's craft.

   Synonyms:
   affair, art, avocation, barter, business, calling, concern, craft, duty, employment, handicraft, job, occupation, profession, trade, trading, traffic, transaction, vocation, work

   Preposition:
   The business of a druggist; in business with his father; doing business for his father; have you business with me? business in New York; business about, concerning, or in regard to certain property.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. commerce

   Synonyms:
   trade, traffic, merchandize, barter, exchange, business, communication, dealing, intercourse

   Antonyms:
   stagnation, exclusion, inactivity, interdict, embargo, dullness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. commerce, commercialism, mercantilismnoun

   transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

   Synonyms:
   commercialism, mercantile system, mercantilism

2. Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoCnoun

   the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913

   Synonyms:
   medico, doctor, physician, commercialism, mercantilism

3. commercenoun

   social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

   Synonyms:
   commercialism, mercantilism

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commercenoun

   Synonyms:
   dealing, trade, traffic, business

2. commercenoun

   Synonyms:
   intercourse, communication

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. commercenoun

   Synonyms:
   traffic, barter, business, trading, intercourse, communication

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1. List of paraphrases for "commerce":

   trade, commercial, trading, business, koophandel, usdoc, comercio, doc

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1. John Adams:

   I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

2. Cathay Pacific:

   Definitely the retail map is changing and e-commerce is just growing and growing and with it the movement of small parcels. I don't see that changing at the moment. That is beginning to form a baseload.

3. Josh Earnest:

   The president's comments were more in line with what officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity told CNN and other outlets after the ships were deployed Monday : that the U.S. ships were moved closer to Yemen to monitor and dissuade the Iranian convoy. Josh Earnest, though, focused on the need for the U.S. Navy ships to keep the region's waters safe for commerce. READ : Rubio, Kirk : No nuclear deal unless Iran releases reporter The movement of the -- of this particular aircraft carrier would augment the American military presence in the Gulf of Aden and would send a clear signal about our continued insistence about the free flow of commerce and the freedom of movement in the region.

4. Warren Eller:

   It's not just simply more people might get shot or might not get shot, it's whether you are going to get pulled over and wind up in jail if you mistakenly carried a greater than 10-round magazine into New Jersey from Pennsylvania, the lack of knowledge of all the intricacies of interstate commerce on these things is hugely important.

5. Vivek Pandya:

   When all is said and done however, we still expect to see a record season — and year — for e-commerce.