Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun market_place

2 senses of market place

Sense 1
marketplace, market place, mart, market -- (an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up)
       => mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet -- (a place of business for retailing goods)

Sense 2
market, marketplace, market place -- (the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace")
       => activity -- (any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity")