customers

noun

plural of customer
1
as in clients
a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business the store greatly values its regular customers

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in people
a member of the human race he's one tough customer, so you'd better not cross him

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of customers For even more flight savings, post-booking, the first 100 customers can unlock 28% off their next eligible round-trip Economy flight (valid for departures between January 8 and May 23, 2027). — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 Older buyers Builders may finally be acknowledging the advanced ages of many of their customers. — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 3 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 On its Dreamliners, first-class customers will soon be able to close sliding doors around their seats for privacy. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 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 BlackBerry sells encrypted and secure communications products to customers like governments. — Arjun Kharpal,kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 As a re-export hub, the UAE processed shipments from foreign suppliers reluctant to deal directly with Iranian customers. — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for customers
  1. clients
  2. people
  3. patrons
  4. guys
  5. guests
  6. men
  7. lives
  8. things
Noun
  • The bus has a gas generator so clients can enjoy air conditioning on hot days, but there is no water for a shampoo.
    — Francesca Pinney, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The wait can be brutal for attorneys and their clients, Yannetti told Fox News Digital.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 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
  • There’s a certain level of performance those guys have operated at for a long time and it’s been very successful.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Maybe the biggest fourth-wall break was the show following you guys to BravoCon, which is a lot to take in even without the cameras in tow.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of guys
Noun
  • At the police station where the party guests have been taken for questioning, Bret and Robert continue their tense tête-à-tête.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Other than the occasional barks from her dog, who doesn’t appreciate being locked away for guests, the witch’s home is peaceful and a far cry from the dank, dark cottages often found in folklore.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of guests
Noun
  • Steinem then went on to become a freelance journalist in New York during the 1960s — when newsrooms were largely run by men and female reporters were typically restricted in the topics they were allowed to cover.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Two men were arrested in connection with the deaths on Wednesday, in a joint operation involving the State of Mexico Prosecutor’s Office, the federal Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection and the Mexico City Secretariat of Citizen Security.
    — Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of men
Noun
  • Released in 2025, the first part of Julia Loktev’s monumental documentary project My Undesirable Friends, subtitled Last Air in Moscow, gave us a sprawling, breathless look at a few devastating months in the lives of Russian journalists.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • God willing, that place will be juvenile court, where the lives of these young people can be respected and honored.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of lives
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
Definition of things

Browse Nearby Words

customer
customers
customize
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Customers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/customers. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of patina

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Words from the 'Odyssey'

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
anagrams on a chalk board
Word Builder Quiz Vol. 2 Pick the letter that when added to a word will ma...
See All