marketEnglishOxford American Thesaurusmarket noun 1 shopping center, marketplace, mart, retail outlet, flea market, fair, bazaar, piazza, plaza; Arabic souk; historical agora; archaic emporium. 2 there's no market for such expensive goods: demand, call, want, desire, need, requirement. 3 the market is sluggish: trade, trading, business, commerce, buying and selling, dealing. □ in the market forwishing to buy, in need of, seeking, wanting, lacking, wishing for, desiring.□ on the marketon sale, up for sale, for sale, on offer, purchasable, available, obtainable; North American on the block.verb the product was marketed worldwide: sell, retail, offer for sale, put up for sale, vend, merchandise, trade, peddle, hawk; advertise, promote.