- 2. Sordid, avaricious, covetous, penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, selfish, close.
- 3. Selfish, sordid.
Mercenary, n. Hireling.
Merchandise, n. Commodities, goods, wares.
Merchant, n. Trader (particularly a wholesale trader), tradesman, dealer.
Merchantable, a. Marketable, salable, vendible.
Merchantman, n. Trading vessel, merchantship.
Merciful, a.
- 1. Clement, lenient, pitiful, forgiving, gracious, compassionate.
- 2. Kind, compassionate, tender, benignant, mild, gentle, pitiful, tender-hearted, humane.
Merciless, a. Pitiless, cruel, unfeeling, unmerciful, uncompassionate, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, fell, hard-hearted, severe, barbarous, savage, unsparing.
Mercurial, a.
- 1. Sprightly, active, spirited, quick, lively, prompt, nimble.
- 2. Light-hearted, gay, lively, cheerful.
- 3. Flighty, fickle, changeable, inconstant, volatile, mobile.
- 4. Money-making, commercial, trading, crafty.
- 5. Of mercury or quicksilver, hydrargyrum.
- 6. Directing, pointing out, giving intelligence, guiding.
Mercury, n.
- 1. Hermes.
- 2. Quicksilver.
- 3. Poison ivy (Rhus toxicodendron).