Meanings
alternative non-commercial
- not comparableNot engaged in commerce.
a noncommercial organization
1 more example
Advocates say the entire system of noncommercial media will become weaker without the foundational support from taxpayers, resulting in fewer original shows and less local news coverage.
2025 July 17, Brian Stelter, “Trump’s victory over PBS and NPR ‘bias’ will be ‘devastating’ for rural areas, station leaders say”, in CNN Business
plural noncommercials · alternative non-commercial
- businessA noncommercial trader.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Italic*merks
- Latinmerx
- Latincommercium
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latincommerciāli
- Frenchcommercia
- Englishcommercial
- Englishnoncommercial
From non- + commercial.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish ei-kaupallinen
- ei-kaupallinennot engaged in commerce
German unkommerziell
- unkommerziellnot engaged in commerce
Russian некомме́рческий
- некомме́рческий (nekommérčeskij)not engaged in commerce
Cite this entry
noncommercial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncommercial
“noncommercial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncommercial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncommercial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncommercial.
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