Synonyms of consumers

consumers

noun

plural of consumer

as in customers

a person who buys goods and services

Most consumers are comfortable making purchases on the Internet.

Related Words

• customers
• users
• buyers
• clients
• patrons
• purchasers
• guests
• end users
• shoppers
• correspondents
• punters
• prospects
• vendees
• browsers
• accounts
• window-shoppers
• hagglers
• bargainers
• regulars

Dissimilar Words

• merchants
• sellers
• vendors
• brokers
• shopkeepers
• tradesmen
• fences
• black marketers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of consumers

Moreover, because the Sears catalog did not racially discriminate, economic historians credit the catalog as a major tool for Black consumers to side-step the indignities and discrimination of Jim Crow commerce. — Harold Pollack, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Social media moves rapidly and multiple trends are cycled through social feeds, and doomscrolling consumers can take in enough. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026

Starting Thursday, new versions of M&M's, Skittles and Starburst made without artificial food dyes are available to consumers on Amazon. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, a growing number of consumers are looking to go tube-free altogether. — Anne Makovec, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

When the economy hits rougher patches, employers curtail hiring or tend to favor experienced workers, businesses lean more on technology to fill any labor gaps, and some consumers pull back on discretionary spending. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Climate change, rising home rebuilding costs and other factors have driven up financial risk for insurers, who are passing that financial burden on to consumers, at least in part, insurance experts said. — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

In March 2025 the FDA advised consumers not to inhale any flavor of nitrous oxide from canisters, tanks or chargers. — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The $168 billion Bessent cited as the government’s tariff take was a tax on consumers, as pretty much every qualified economist knows. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026