CUSTOMER Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

customer

noun

ˈkə-stə-mər

Definition of customer

as in client

a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business the store greatly values its regular customers

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as in person

a member of the human race he's one tough customer, so you'd better not cross him

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Recent Examples of customer Founder Lily Gross hopes customers leave with more than just groceries. — Derek James, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 Hold the jalapenos Employees serve customers at the first Chipotle fast-food restaurant in northeastern Mexico on its opening day in San Pedro Garza Garcia, July 16, 2026. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 Google reviews online show similar experiences with the venue declining to serve LGBTQ+ customers. — Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026 Puerto Rico previously implemented rationing measures in 2020 and in 2015, when some 400,000 utility customers received water only every third day. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for customer

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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

Noun

One police officer was killed and another person injured when a gunman opened fire in a Montreal neighborhood in June, officials said.

— Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Abarca alleged that the situation involved at least one legislative staffer and one legislator, and that at least one person has been placed on administrative leave as a result.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of person

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

Noun

All these guys, all my teammates, all my coaches, everybody in this building loves it.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
In the back half of the show, the guys discuss the mood of the Orioles’ clubhouse following their trade deadline fire sale and take a look at the three players Baltimore acquired at the deadline amid its flurry of moves.

— Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of guy

Noun

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

Definition of guest

Noun

Officers were already at an unrelated car crash two blocks away when they were summoned to a single-family home in Windfield based on a 911 call from a man who identified himself as the shooter, Windfield Police Chief Robbie DeLong said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026
The mother of 19-year-old Izick Aminartey is remembering her son as a loving young man after he was identified as one of two people killed in a shooting in Essex, Maryland.

— Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of man

Noun

Modi’s early life Modi’s story begins in the city of Palanpur, nestled in India’s western Gujarat state and known as the ancestral home of the country’s diamond merchant class.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Lupo played an integral part in the family’s life, having been included in some of the first public portraits of Prince George as a baby and toddler.

— Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

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