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 The nine-seat counter area is often full on both weekdays and weekends, and customers sometimes wait 1 1/2 hours to be seated during peak hours, the shop said. — Masayuki Oi Japan News, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026 Infleqtion has three customers for logical qubit circuits on the Sqale platform. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026 Granda added that Polymarket is also spending considerably more on promotions to acquire new customers, and the prediction market industry has become effectively a two-horse race that will see a handful of other players fighting for scraps. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026 His customers included people in Jamaica running lottery fraud schemes. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 This second round of closures should ultimately help margins and same-store sales as some customers shift their spending to nearby locations. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 However, this daily limitation is an illusion of protection because customers report the number of transactions that day, rather than requiring the crypto kiosk industry to implement available technology to ensure compliance. — Mike Ryan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 Your understanding of the technology should be ahead of your customers’ at all times. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026 In addition to expanding vehicle selection nationwide, this expansion will also help customers in North Carolina gain access to more inventory and quicker delivery options. — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Lisa Bradford was described as a mentor and the kind of person who turned clients into friends.

— Juan Benn Jr, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026
The most serious allegations involved the deaths of two clients, identified only as Resident 1 and Resident 7.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 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

The gunmen searched some of the patrons and took their mobile phones before escaping in two vehicles.

— Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Matsunori There’s an unwritten rule that restaurants in Fenway like to keep things moving—patrons in this part of town often have Red Sox games or concerts at MGM Music Hall to catch.

— Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of patrons

Noun

Willie Crawford is one of those guys who was good at a lot of things but not great at anything, and those types of players tend to be overlooked.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
As the cameras zoom in on a fuming Jerry Jones and the guys in the booth note that the title drought is now in its 30th year, many of us at home will indulge in a little taste of schadenfreude.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of guys

Noun

Golf carts shuttle guests around the property, which is more compact than the winding lanes convey, not to mention perfectly laid out.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Upcoming guests include Dwayne Johnson, Demi Lovato, Colin Kaepernick, Chelsea Handler and more.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of guests

Noun

The survey was conducted online in April among 1,200 men and women nationwide aged 15 to 69.

— Masayuki Oi Japan News, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
That same year, MOCA canceled its annual gala amid controversy over a lack of diversity among former gala honorees — all straight white men.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of men

Noun

Making people’s lives better does not mean having a symbolic vote on something that goes to the Senate and dies — that’s what the Republicans have done for two years.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The Taliban’s return to power was swift, though preventing it had ostensibly been the entire point of the decades-long occupation, the bombs, the hundreds of thousands of lives lost.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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