shopper

noun

shop·​per ˈshä-pər 

1

: one who shops

2

: one whose occupation is shopping as an agent for customers or for an employer

3

: a usually free paper carrying advertising and sometimes local news

Examples of shopper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whether through a chatbot, generative engine or voice assistant, your brand is being evaluated by algorithms before shoppers even begin to browse. —Dani Nadel, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025

The golf-ready skirt/short hybrid is a sleeper hit for Amazon, earning hundreds of five-star reviews from shoppers who wear it everywhere from the course to Costco. —Esme Benjamin, People.com, 1 July 2025

With more employees working from home and shoppers buying their items on Amazon, the demand for office buildings and retail space has dropped sharply in the post-COVID world. —Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025

Fort Worth firefighters quickly controlled a two-alarm fire at Hulen Mall on Friday night, and shoppers and employees were evacuated from the building. —Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for shopper

• chopper
• copper
• cropper
• dropper
• pauper
• popper
• proper
• stopper
• topper
• whopper
• eavesdropper
• grasshopper