JOBBER Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

jobber

noun

Definition of jobber

as in wholesaler

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as in laborer

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Recent Examples of jobber The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025 Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park. — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023 There’s real love out there for his performance, and his journey from child star to behind-the-scenes jobber to indie heartthrob is the type of narrative that voters can get behind. — Vulture, 10 Jan. 2023 Gosewich then left the business before its expansion to join Sherman’s Records chain and rack-jobber covering eastern Canada. — Karen Bliss, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2019 The push came from independent distributors, known as rack jobbers, that specialized in foods then considered outside the American mainstream — Chinese, Jewish, Italian or of another origin — and were searching for places to sell them. — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019 For third-generation jobber Rick Green, who delivers food to about 50 restaurants in Indiana and Michigan, daily runs have become more complicated as Fulton Market’s longtime inhabitants have scattered. — Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018 The City had its freewheeling parts—such as the euro markets—but the stock market was carved up by British brokers and jobbers, with Hogwartian names such as Ackroyd & Smithers. — Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018

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Noun

As Taylor Farms deals with the fallout from the cyclospora outbreak, the California vegetable wholesaler had to issue a recall of food products with jalapeño peppers from Walmart, Kroger, Target and other large chains.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
The mortgage wholesaler sent a letter dated July 16 to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, urging the agency to modify or postpone the changes.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of wholesaler

Noun

My beloved barn jacket dates back to 19th-century France—referred to as a chore coat or bleu de travail—where it was worn among farmers and laborers who relied on its tough, moleskin fabric to get them through fieldwork.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2026
This one stars Cox himself as a mysterious and formidable old man in an undertaker’s suit and parson’s hat who wanders into an Arizona border town in 1890 to gather the names of dead Mexican laborers.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of laborer

Noun

The film played on just one screen at the Angelika in NYC and made $41,104, which the distributor said gives it a PSA that places seventh all-time for documentaries.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
That retail price isn’t set at the same time a fuel distributor purchases home heating oil at one of the terminals spread across Connecticut.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of distributor

Noun

Forward-looking brands and retailers are drawing up blueprints for the next demographic frontier — the tiniest tots born between 2025 and 2039.

— Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
The big-box retailer has also benefited from wealthier consumers’ trading down as Americans tighten their budgets.

— Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of retailer

Noun

In practical terms, the study suggests a preference for agentic AI to simplify drudge work and logistics, such as narrowing choices or suggesting better options, rather than taking full control of emotionally loaded or high-complexity decisions.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.

— Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

Definition of drudge

Noun

During the spring, the United States became the world’s largest oil exporter and briefly became a net exporter of crude oil for the first time since World War II.

— Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, and Ukraine, also a major agricultural exporter, have been attacking each other's export facilities and infrastructure in the Black Sea area in recent weeks, sending global wheat prices higher.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of exporter

Noun

Alex Wagner, who served as assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs during the Biden administration, argued recruiting has remained remarkably insulated from those political battles.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Coach Ken Niumatalolo built a veteran staff of assistants under Filimoeatu, adding defensive pass game coordinator and cornerbacks coach Brian Norwood along with safeties coach Joe Dale.

— Niles Hall, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

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