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

1 sense of oligopoly

Sense 1
oligopoly -- ((economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors)
       => 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")