as in businessman
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of businessperson
After graduating from Yale Law School in 1963, Vincent went on to a distinguished career as an attorney and businessperson.
—
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Feb. 2025
This ability to win when interests compete, combined with a businessperson’s natural tendency to problem solve, will be an asset to Lutnick and Bessent.
—Joe Moglia, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
If Chicagoans demand more artisanal dairy products, some enterprising businessperson should meet that need.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
As a businessperson, Hagerty enjoyed a successful career in private equity.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for businessperson
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Feb. 2025
This ability to win when interests compete, combined with a businessperson’s natural tendency to problem solve, will be an asset to Lutnick and Bessent.
—Joe Moglia, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
If Chicagoans demand more artisanal dairy products, some enterprising businessperson should meet that need.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
As a businessperson, Hagerty enjoyed a successful career in private equity.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for businessperson
Recent Examples of Synonyms for businessperson
Noun
-
Dolly Parton got choked up while talking about her late husband, Carl Dean, during an on-camera interview two months after the businessman’s death.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
2 May 2025
-
Smith became known while working in New York sports talk radio as Trump became one of the city’s top businessmen.—
Julia Mueller,
The Hill,
1 May 2025
Noun
-
His English improved by reading books and listening to audiobooks on creating businesses and biographies about entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Richard Branson.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
-
Coincidentally, Ice is CEO of 6th Ave Storytelling, which helps local entrepreneurs market their businesses.—
Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
She’s followed through, for example, on her promise to pour her energy into growing as a businesswoman: Over the past 15 years, Williams has put her own money into more than 120 companies, 14 of them valued at $1 billion or more.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
16 Apr. 2025
-
Mother Mara – Serbia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro Director: Mirjana Karanović Mara, a successful businesswoman and single mother, suddenly loses her son Nemanja to an untimely death.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Require carmakers to sell more electric cars and the buyers will come.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
-
As much as nobody seems to have any idea how any of this [gestures vaguely at everything] will impact marketing budgets and consumer spending, the specter of a recession has some national TV buyers anticipating a significant downturn in 2025-26 upfront spending.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Food marketers often employ tenets of color psychology when branding products, and brown can be polarizing.—
Bedatri D. Choudhury,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
-
Hot on the heels of each tech milestone of the digital age—the internet, social media, mobile—came marketers.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Growth in revenue from Amazon's third-party seller services more than halved to 7% in the first quarter, excluding the impact of foreign exchange.—
Deborah Mary Sophia and Arriana McLymore,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
-
Third-party sellers listing products from China are expected to face the biggest impact at Amazon, though other global companies may need to adjust their prices if tariffs take effect.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
1 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Businessperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/businessperson. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share