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 Targeted to launch no earlier than 2028, the missions will serve Sweden’s national security customers as well as additional commercial rideshare customers. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 The Wingstop Wing Pass ofered customers 18 Watch Party Bundles, one bundle for each week of the football season, per the news release. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 Scammers paste a new code overlapping the restaurant’s code and direct customers to a fraudulent payment system. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 Located in the heart of Yorkville overlooking the Village of Yorkville Park, the new flagship is designed to be more intimate and encourage customers to spend time, relax and build relationships with the Harry Rosen staff. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026 And if your business sells, ships or markets to customers outside the United States, add the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation to your list. — Lesa Seibert, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 On the beers list, customers have their pick of New England and tropical IPAs, plus wheats, stouts and amber ales, CharlotteFive previously reported. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026 Private jet companies need to get their plane to its next pickup destination, regardless of whether there are customers on board or not. — Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026 Since launching commercially in November 2025, the startup has signed about 15 customers, Diegruber told Fortune. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

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Noun

That has forced Saudi Arabia to find yet another alternative, sending its oil north out of the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, either via the Suez Canal or a pipeline through Egypt, a far longer route for its clients in Asia.

— Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, a series of clients booked him to renovate the kitchens and bathrooms of high-end Manhattan apartments, and Krohn used his free time to restore his own Clinton Hill brownstone a few blocks away on Dekalb Avenue.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of clients

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

This time, in an effort to get patrons to both, Rudin is offering a discount ticketing deal on Small Mouth Sounds for the first group of attendees that also buy tickets to Downstate.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
The mayor's office said the checkpoints appeared to be successful in deterring some criminal activity, like preventing underage patrons from accessing bars.

— Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of patrons

Noun

Another endearing dining feature at the property is its honesty pantry containing drinks and snacks to go and a coffee station for early risers—guests can feel free to pad about any time of day or night.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
Conceived by the airline’s in-house team in collaboration with design agency MARKS Brandimage, the lounge will span two levels and offer seating for more than 400 guests.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of guests

Noun

The only men were the mayor, the three members of town council, the priest from the Catholic church, Father Michael, and the reverend from the Baptist church, as well as a man with a balding head and a full moustache, his suit pressed and clean.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
The two men lined up with left winger Vasily Podkolzin at the captain’s practice on Wednesday.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of men

Noun

Erin then complains about her daughter and drones on about all sorts of things that no one can even pretend to care about.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
These were pretty innocuous in the grand scheme of things, but were hanging as a PR headache for Ferrari heading to its home race.

— Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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