Synonyms of salesman

salesman

noun

ˈsālz-mən 

as in clerk

a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store

a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clerk
• salesperson
• salesclerk
• salespeople
• saleswoman
• salesgirl
• saleslady
• shopgirl
• pitchman
• floorwalker
• pitchwoman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of salesman

In a 1987 article for the New York Times, Albuquerque jewelry salesman Manny Goodman recalls seeing Native Americans wearing bandanas clasped with silver conches as early as the 1930s. — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2026

After starting a family, David Winans worked various nonmusical jobs, including as a car salesman and barber, and Delores Winans was a typist and medical transcriptionist. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026

Trant was 19 when her father, Daniel Trant, a Cantor Fitzgerald bond salesman, died on the 104 floor of the North Tower. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

Leavell, a retired salesman and Air Force veteran in Arlington, Texas, experienced the dramatic before-and-after result at UT Southwestern Medical Center. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026