HAWKER Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

hawker

noun

Definition of hawker

as in vendor

one who sells things outdoors street corner hawkers selling everything from fake designer purses to original works of art

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Recent Examples of hawker Days before the hawker crackdown, Ruto ordered India’s Tata Chemicals to leave Kenya, arguing that the company had extracted value from the country without creating enough local investment or jobs. — Vivianne Wandera, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The dog hawkers, however, don’t fit into any Peace Action report or lecture to visiting students. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026 The reason there were so many children there to begin with was because their mothers, who worked as hawkers, had nowhere else to leave them. — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026 In the opening pages, Molly, an extrovert to Anna’s introvert, has bought strawberries from a fruit hawker. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hawker

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Noun

Start your trick-or-treating as early as noon at local businesses and stick around for family-friendly fun, vendors, entertainment, and of course the parade and costume contest.

— Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
The gap between the two lines is the margin the vendor took from you.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of vendor

Noun

Buy from reputable sellers and verify the phone Be especially careful with unusually cheap smartphones advertised as premium models.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Franchises get divided in the buyers or sellers category at this time of year, and people debate if (insert name here) is worth trading a late-round pick for.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of seller

Noun

But at each step, the NCAA fought reform through lobbying and influence peddlers focusing more on its finances than the well-being of athletes.

— U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
Find a souvenir in the high-end boutiques on Montana Avenue, the independent shops and vintage stores along Main Street or the brand-name peddlers at Santa Monica Place.

— Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of peddler

Noun

Sometimes word clouds are big-budget supergraphics realized by design firms like Pentagram, but often they are produced cheaply and quickly by non-designers, or by anonymous Etsy merchants, or in-house at printing and signage companies.

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Owners who make their payments, keep clean bank statements and grow deposits can often move from a merchant cash advance to a term loan, then to a line of credit and eventually to bank or SBA financing at a fraction of the cost.

— Elliot Ashkenazie, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of merchant

Noun

The fact that none of that advice could ever help someone find real intimacy or success isn’t a problem for the manosphere hucksters, because those achievements would be bad for the business model.

— Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Joe Biden’s now ‘fabled’ performance would look great by comparison to anything that this loudmouth huckster has to offer, which isn’t much!

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026

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