HAWKERS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

hawkers

noun

plural of hawker

as in vendors

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 hawkers They're joined by fishermen, auctioneers, fish hawkers and wholesalers, transport workers and ice suppliers. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 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 The peanut hawkers at sports venues over a century ago wouldn’t recognize the diversity of food—or seating types—in today’s modern stadium. — Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 There will be huge crowds in the Battery and Downtown Thursday for the Knicks parade and afterwards some will be interested in going to Liberty and Ellis, making easy prey for the hawkers. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026 Speaking to the outlet, fellow officer Muhammad Shamsul Alam Sarkar said that most of those who died were hawkers of plastic items and worked in the town of Chowmuhani. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026 Across history, hawkers of new communications technologies have expressed a desire to smooth out and speed up human conversation. — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 Bring your pastry to Marine Parade’s public lawns for a lakeside lunch in view of street performers, snack carts and thrill ride hawkers. — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Minnesota Secretary of State Scott Simon, a Democrat, said in August that his office expects to spend roughly $250,000 on private vendors to conduct penetration testing, which can expose security vulnerabilities and recommend actionable fixes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
The position specifically calls for the evaluation of whether Disney should build AI systems internally or buy them from outside vendors, measure the return on investment for AI and help lawyers adopt new workflows.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of vendors

Noun

In those cases, buyers and sellers are much more informed about the goods or services in question, and much more information is transferred.

— Daniel E. Chavez, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
There was a digestion phase through the summer, then another leg higher that carried it to just under $400 before the sellers showed up.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of sellers

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 peddlers

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Fraud tools aren’t worthless, but too many merchants discover their limitations the hard way.

— Wayne Hamilton, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The director follows the couple in their rounds of collecting, interviewing the merchants at an antique shop and a rug shop about this distinctive pair of customers.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of merchants

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
Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters.

— Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of hucksters

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