consumer

noun

Definition of consumernext
as in customer
a person who buys goods and services Most consumers are comfortable making purchases on the Internet.

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Recent Examples of consumer The city brings together investors, healthcare organizations, universities, international operators, and consumer businesses that approach innovation from different parts of the market. — Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026 How much consumers will even get to watch the movie is an open question. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026 For the first time, TIME will publish a ranking of America's Most Innovative Companies, in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings. — Time Staff, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 The company also has a consumer products business spanning energy drinks, hydration products and stick packs. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for consumer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumer
  1. customer
  2. user
  3. buyer
  4. client
Noun
  • The ratings aren’t as important as testing it out yourself and reading customer reviews.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia, the $5 trillion AI infrastructure superstar, just arranged $500 billion in financing from Apollo, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street firms to bankroll customer orders for its cutting-edge chips.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of customer
Noun
  • National security applications include fuel rod scanners and port security systems, while industrial users rely on californium-252 for applications such as oil well logging, coal analysis and instrument calibration.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Alongside optimizing the annual hardware cycle, Apple must also consider the annual cycle its user base has fallen into.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of user
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  • In the world of corporate mergers and acquisitions, an out-of-town buyer looks to cut costs in order to help cover the share-price premium necessary to clinch the deal and those reductions typically come mainly at the expense of the seller.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The buyer, Joshua Kushner, is Trump family-adjacent, recently tried to invest in FIFA in what became a true international scandal and could soon become the youngest control owner in the NBA.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of buyer
Noun
  • Advisors say the new breed of travel reviewers and their content drive clients to call, even when the reviews are negative.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The large avalanche struck in the late morning as four guides and 11 clients were skiing out to return to civilization at the end of a three-day backcountry-skiing trip to Frog Lake Huts.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of client

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“Consumer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumer. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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