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 Designers are steering clients toward the very qualities those pieces already have. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026 As for aircraft, FlyWith has also partnered up with Executive Jet Management (owned by NetJets), tapping into its expansive fleet to carry its clients to their various destinations. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026 That does not show that every one of those clients charges individualized prices. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The other arrives on someone else’s timetable, usually through a client. — Ethan Pham, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for client

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Granda added that Polymarket is also spending considerably more on promotions to acquire new customers, and the prediction market industry has become effectively a two-horse race that will see a handful of other players fighting for scraps.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
September 24, 2026 AI is rapidly changing how top leaders communicate with employees, customers, boards, and each other.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of customer

Noun

Turner’s patron Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro commissioned the painting, which later entered the collection of Archibald Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery, who went on to serve as British prime minister.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Rome, from Mount Aventine was commissioned by Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar, one of Turner’s most important patrons and an executor of his will.

— News Desk, Artforum, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of patron

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Today’s guest columnist is Chris Koras, partner and head of sports at Working Capital Partners.

— Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Madonna performed for the first time in 23 years at the MTV VMAs on Sunday, opening the show by bringing out special guests Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx to perform their respective duets.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026

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