Meanings
wares1
noun
- pluralplural of ware
nounwares pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyGoods or services that are for sale.
The square was filled with booths, with vendors offering their wares.
1 more example
I call on the Minister to ensure good regulation is applied to moneylenders and so-called independent money advisers, many of whom are former bankers peddling their wares
2011 October 26, “Report of the Interdepartmental Working Committee on Mortgage Arrears”, in Dáil Éireann
Wares2
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
Variant of Ware.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek φορτία
- φορτία (phortía)goods for sale
Esperanto komercaĵo
- komercaĵogoods for sale
German Waren
- Warengoods for sale
Icelandic vörur, varningur
- vörurgoods for sale
- varningurgoods for sale
Latin merx
- merxgoods for sale
Latvian prece
- precegoods for sale
Romanian marfe
- marfegoods for sale
Russian това́р
- това́р (továr)goods for sale
Scottish Gaelic bathar
- bathargoods for sale
Spanish mercancías
- mercancíasgoods for sale
Ukrainian крам, това́р
- крам (kram)goods for sale
- това́р (továr)goods for sale
Yiddish סחורה
- סחורה (skhoyre)goods for sale
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wares
bearspairsfaresstairsfairsupstairswareztheirsdownstairsairsflaresmaresayresunawareseirsUgandan affairs
All rhymes →Sounds the same
wearswarezwhere's (wine–whine merger)weirs (cheer–chair merger)whirs (wine–whine merger, fair–fur merger)wearswarezwhere's (wine–whine merger)weirs (cheer–chair merger)whirs (wine–whine merger, fair–fur merger)
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
wares. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wares
MLA
“wares.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wares. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wares,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wares.
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