CLIENT Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

client

noun

ˈklī-ənt

Definition of client

as in customer

a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business a law firm soliciting new clients through television advertising

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Recent Examples of client That makes Glooin useful for everything from client walkthroughs and bug reports to support answers and async updates. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026 One of my clients relocated across the country into a new market knowing almost nobody there except people connected to his wife’s work. — John M. O'Connor, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The complaint also says that Merrill advisors inappropriately steered clients toward low-interest Bank of America accounts, resulting in substantial financial losses. — Chase Jordan october 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 The Levi’s and Gap supplier will be to support a wider array of clients with greater speed, flexibility and responsiveness to evolving market needs. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for client

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Noun

Norma Mitchell, cofounder of the business and grandmother of its current top executives, died of the disease, and many other family members, employees and customers have been touched by it.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
The company has been gradually increasing its use of AI across back office and customer-facing roles and has introduced an AI chatbot to its website to help customers plan their trips.

— Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of customer

Noun

Whether these portraits represent past patrons, whose stories once unspooled over these same steaming cups, Kim declines to comment.

— James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
One of the most romantic venues is Naam 1608, set in a traditional wood house on the river where patrons sitting along the bar can almost touch their toes in the water.

— Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of patron

Noun

The pair first staged it at the Avignon Festival, where Korea was the guest country this year.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
The guest lectures, speaking engagements, and board memberships have all dried up, and Housewives is pretty much the only thing keeping her afloat.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

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