auctioneers

noun

plural of auctioneer
as in sellers
a person who runs an auction The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.

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Recent Examples of auctioneers They're joined by fishermen, auctioneers, fish hawkers and wholesalers, transport workers and ice suppliers. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026 There are few events that bring together such a diverse group of curators, conservators, historians, gemologists, valuators, auctioneers and other specialists whose work centers on royal jewels. — Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 Phillips, Heritage and other auctioneers also had breakout starts to the year. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 24 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 The podcast will be rooted in Riles’ background as a longtime Hollywood audience warm-up comedian and one of the country’s top benefit auctioneers. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 May 2026 Each speech in Policy is time-limited; kids speak like gasping auctioneers to cram in arguments their opponents must try to rebut. — Eli Durst, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 On the styling front, Park drew on research into real-world auctioneers to develop a look that tracked Seol-ah’s shifting emotional states. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026 The following year, the auctioneers sold a bronze participants medal from the 1920 Antwerp Olympics for £640 ($875). — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctioneers
  1. sellers
  2. vendors
  3. dealers
  4. merchants
  5. traders
Noun
  • Critics say these laws usually don’t go far enough, and can even provide more protection to the kratom manufacturers and sellers than consumers.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Both buyers and sellers remain trapped in a wait and see stance, further dragging on a US housing market that has been stagnant for nearly four years.
    — , CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of sellers
Noun
  • Minnesota Secretary of State Scott Simon, a Democrat, said in August that his office expects to spend roughly $250,000 on private vendors to conduct penetration testing, which can expose security vulnerabilities and recommend actionable fixes.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The position specifically calls for the evaluation of whether Disney should build AI systems internally or buy them from outside vendors, measure the return on investment for AI and help lawyers adopt new workflows.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of vendors
Noun
  • Even for dealers like Collins and Golden who maintain physical spaces, social media is a growing gateway for buyers under 50.
    — Adam Erace, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But, argue the plaintiffs, the Nazis’ lists were often modified at the request of unscrupulous dealers.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of dealers
Noun
  • Fraud tools aren’t worthless, but too many merchants discover their limitations the hard way.
    — Wayne Hamilton, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The director follows the couple in their rounds of collecting, interviewing the merchants at an antique shop and a rug shop about this distinctive pair of customers.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of merchants
Noun
  • Wall Street traders now see close to a coin flip’s chance that the Fed could raise rates twice more by the end of the year, according to data from the CME Group.
    — Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Asian markets mixed Over in Asia, markets were mixed as traders grappled with Treasury yields hitting multidecade highs and oil prices falling.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of traders

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“Auctioneers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auctioneers. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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