CUSTOMERS Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

customers

noun

plural of customer

as in clients

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 people

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 customers Norma Mitchell, cofounder of the business and grandmother of its current top executives, died of the disease, and many other family members, employees and customers have been touched by it. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 The area might not have running water or electricity, but there’s enough gas to fry up bacon for hungry customers. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 With half of Gen Z consumers already making beverage-only purchases weekly, afternoon drinks give operators another reason to reach customers outside breakfast, lunch and dinner. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026 The companies write in general terms that undercutting affiliates would lessen liquidity and worsen odds for customers, while complaining about the operational burdens the rules would create. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026 That included voluntarily supplying law enforcement with lists of disgruntled current and former employees, and of the names of dissatisfied customers. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 No customers were on the bus, and the house and cars were unoccupied. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Her first job as CEO in 2014 was to remake the century-old company’s corporate culture and regain customers’ trust following a tragic, reputation-wrecking ignition-switch crisis. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 True transformation occurs when AI changes how decisions are made, how expertise is distributed, how work moves through the organization and how value is delivered to customers. — Jason Marx, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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Noun

For Brod, whose ABMC clients include L’Oréal Paris, Neutrogena, Charlotte Tilbury and more beauty and lifestyle brands, this means a few things in practice.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
According to sources, the material was chosen after clients requested a version durable enough to wear in the shower—proof that Alhambra is so popular, no one wants to take it off.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

Miuccia Prada is one of the world’s great patrons of contemporary art.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026
For all its flowering of original thought and creativity, the Renaissance was ultimately a time of patronage, and the patrons both held the power and used it to enrich their own palaces and places of worship.

— Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of patrons

Noun

The only way to make the bad guys sweat is to hand them a subpoena — or, at the least, to depict them unflatteringly on television.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Hip-hop fans who’ve followed Migos’ journey will never forget what you guys have done in music and your influence on other artists around the world.

— Mikey Fresh, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of guys

Noun

Back inside, a living area spanning just over 1,330 square feet offers spacious accommodation for up to 10 guests and four crew.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
His guests are often surprised to discover that the three-story stucco house was conceived in the Art Deco style.

— Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of guests

Noun

Built in 1965 and 1970, respectively, the vessels are approaching the limits of their service lives.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Their bid to change their lives turns into a dangerous chase, and the friendship becomes the one thing protecting them.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of lives

Noun

In our conspiratorial age, the idea that there are fine, obscure relationships between seemingly disparate things is a thought seductive on the surface but oftentimes shallow underneath.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
While her home didn't suffer any damage, the loss of electricity was making things difficult, Haro said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026

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