AUCTIONEER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

auctioneer

noun

Definition of auctioneer

as in seller

a person who runs an auction The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.

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Recent Examples of auctioneer Phillips, Heritage and other auctioneers also had breakout starts to the year. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 24 July 2026 An auctioneer with Propstore previously said in a video shared to YouTube that the auction acquired the item from the family of a crew member who worked on The Empire Strikes Back. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 Kayleigh Davies is an antiques specialist for the global online auction platform Auctionet and has previously worked as an auctioneer and valuer. — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026 There are also weekly livestock auctions that are quite the sensory, chaotic feast, with multiple auctioneers going at the same time. — Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for auctioneer

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Noun

Fashion specialists tried to add more ways to transact, giving sellers more checks and balances and adding delivery and payment methods to help buyers feel safe.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Under the federal law, people must be 21 to purchase a handgun from a licensed federal firearms dealer, though 18- to 20-year-olds can buy handguns from private sellers.

— Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of seller

Noun

OpenAI takes catalog feeds directly from merchants and asks for a full snapshot at least daily.

— Srijith Ravikumar, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
In some instances, Indigenous nations played surprising roles as collaborators with English merchants to conduct the large-scale slave trade of Native peoples, including in the Carolinas, Utah, and even Central America.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of merchant

Noun

Their estimation of what else the trader might have on in connection to the trade, however, was varied.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
The Americanized chocolate coffee drink, also called a mocha, is so-named because early European traders tasted Mocha’s beans and noted its chocolatey flavors, according to Smithsonian Magazine.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of trader

Noun

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach accepted more than $10,000 in campaign contributions from a conservative news CEO and a Kansas car dealer that exceeded limits for individual donors set by state law, a new ethics complaint alleges.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
The Justice Department concluded Friday that the federal government cannot criminally enforce a prohibition on licensed dealers selling handguns to law-abiding adults ages 18-20 because the restriction violates the Second Amendment.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2026

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