Synonyms of merchants

merchants

noun

plural of merchant

as in traders

a buyer and seller of goods for profit

free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traders
• dealers
• retailers
• businessmen
• traffickers
• buyers
• tradesmen
• vendors
• entrepreneurs
• merchandisers
• purchasers
• distributors
• marketers
• sellers
• shopkeepers
• peddlers
• suppliers
• storekeepers
• wholesalers
• providers
• hawkers
• middlemen
• hucksters
• monopolists
• purveyors
• enterprisers
• hustlers
• jobbers
• provisioners
• engrossers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of merchants

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

Some enterprise merchants, such as Walmart, are even creating their own systems for agentic commerce, including authorizing third-party agents, setting spending limits, and ensuring agents can browse for and purchase products reliably. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

Retailers integrating with the new Google features include Nike, Sephora, Target, Ulta Beauty, Walmart, Wayfair and Shopify merchants such as Fenty and Steve Madden, per the announcement. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Google announced its new Universal Cart earlier this year, with brands including Nike, Sephora, Target, Ulta Beauty, Walmart, Wayfair and Shopify merchants such as Fenty and Steve Madden signed on to integrate. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

For the affiliates sending traffic to merchants, our scale was a gift. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

When European explorers and soldier-surveyors inquired, African guides, interpreters and merchants described the road ahead and often drew these routes on the ground with a stick. — Thomas J Bassett, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026

In the nine days since riots erupted in cities across France, thousands of merchants have also boarded up their storefronts, radically altering the Paris streetscape. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

As the exhausting history of credit-card fraud and data breaches suggests, too many sites and merchants still don’t understand their assignment. — Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026