CUSTOMER Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

customer

noun

ˈkə-stə-mər

Definition of customer

as in client

a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business the store greatly values its regular customers

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as in person

a member of the human race he's one tough customer, so you'd better not cross him

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Recent Examples of customer Wealthfront offers conventional and jumbo loans to existing Wealthfront customers. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 For restaurants, that turns a modest purchase into a stand-alone occasion and creates another opportunity to bring customers through the door. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 His ambition is mostly to lure new customers — including the #BookTok generation — off their screens and into the stores to experience the IRL pleasures of book shopping. — Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 Between 2015 and 2019, Maslow stole commissions by using the identities of customers and other agents, according to the Maryland attorney general's office. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for customer

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Noun

Walsh is known for styling such clients as Anne Hathaway, Selena Gomez, Mindy Kaling and Ariana DeBose.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Her defense attorney, Gus Kostopoulos, disputes the allegations and even claimed his client was not involved in the robbery set-up.

— Lauren Victory, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of client

Noun

Being able to have the in-person connectivity with talking to your coworkers, being able to collaborate, is great and then also the larger programming of the company as a whole.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
One person was killed in a strike on Riyadh airport, a Saudia Airlines plane was reportedly in flames, and hundreds of flights have been canceled.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of person

Noun

As Tripp Lite grew, Seid wrote checks to the Republican National Committee, ProPublica reported, and a longtime adviser described him as the Heartland Institute’s major patron, a Chicago-area think tank that disputes mainstream climate science.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Battle-tested Like their patron Iran, the Houthis have deployed asymmetric warfare for the 21st century by capitalizing on their strengths — primarily drones and missiles.

— NBC news, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of patron

Noun

The pair first staged it at the Avignon Festival, where Korea was the guest country this year.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
The guest lectures, speaking engagements, and board memberships have all dried up, and Housewives is pretty much the only thing keeping her afloat.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of guest

Noun

The former weapon of mass destruction has been in hiding for some time, but a bounty hunter tracks him down and disrupts his quiet life before also discovering a young man who appears to be Vision’s son.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The jury members, comprising eight men and four women, took their place in Courtroom 3 of Southwark Crown Court for the first time.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of man

Noun

Leaning into its history, Kessler has outfitted the hotel with installations that channel the Jurassic period, including life size dinosaur skeletons and fossils, backlit in a range of bright colors, displayed throughout the walls.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
Marco Bello / Reuters Standing outside his father's home in Pensacola, Florida, amid the debris and damage left behind by Isaias, one man recounted how the storm took his stepmother's life and severely injured his father.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026

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