mart

Place for commerce

Mart is a store or market, now used mainly in compound names: Walmart, K-Mart, food mart.

On its own, mart sounds old-fashioned or regional: the local farmers' mart.

The word survives in commercial branding more than everyday speech.

retail

grocery

Food retail shop

chain · franchise · department · convenience store · hypermart · big-box · shopping center · strip mall · discount store · warehouse club

marketplace

bazaar

Open-air merchant district

arcade · fair · stall · vendor · booth · peddler · trader · hawker · mercado · swap meet

commerce

wholesale

Bulk sales to merchants

distribution · logistics · supplier · e-commerce · sales · profit · consumer · business · warehouse · trade

shopping

aisle

Corridor between seating sections

cashier · receipt · queue · shopper · bargain · discount · sale · coupon · purchase · groceries

bustle

crowded

Filled beyond comfort

  • busyActively occupied with tasks
  • bustlingFull of energetic activity
  • hecticIntensely busy, almost overwhelming

lively · thriving · teeming · humming · foot traffic · rush hour · packed · swarming · shoppers · activity

Categories
Opposites
commercial function

martwarehouse

Bulk goods storage building

storage facility · depot · stockroom · distribution center · repository

economic activity type

martfactory

Industrial production facility

plant · workshop · foundry · mill · assembly line

Phrases
Family

market, marketing, supermarket, marketplace, marketer, marketed, marketable, marketeer, telemarketing

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G