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 The gallery’s living spaces filled as AD PRO Directory members—interior designers, architects, landscape designers, and builders among them—retired from a day of client meetings and site visits. — Ad Pro, Architectural Digest, 11 Aug. 2026 Those vehicles could issue as much as tens of billions of dollars in debt at a time and then lease the compute to Nvidia’s clients, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing private plans. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 On an afternoon in July, a real estate broker was showing Kraishan’s Pinecrest home to a celebrity client, the first showing since the home had been staged. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 Gramby recently started seeing clients in her new office in Birmingham. — Kristin Wright, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for client

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Noun

Those in-person interactions and sense of community ensure the designer is always informed about what her customers want.

— Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
Because cracking down on foreign suppliers doesn’t diminish the demand from American customers or reduce the profits to be made from selling to them.

— Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of customer

Noun

Although Cassatt would become best known for her depictions of mothers and children, her patrons did not always share that preference.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
According to witnesses, park employees and the man who helped rescue the swimmer, the initial rescue was performed by a park patron, not a Hialeah lifeguard.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of patron

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Witnesses told police that guests at the wedding reception began fighting with one another and that at least two handguns were drawn before shots were fired.

— Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Moore followed with guest roles as different characters over five episodes of the CTV series Police Surgeon from 1972-75.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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