PEDLARS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

peddlers

noun

variants also pedlars

plural of peddler

as in vendors

one who sells things outdoors the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps

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Recent Examples of peddlers But as the January date approached, Atkin and Jammi’s research showed that intermediaries were still sending money to prominent peddlers of election conspiracies like Dan Bongino and Tucker Carlson. — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026 Connecticut gets a bad reputation This leads to the 1833 story of the unscrupulous Connecticut peddlers. — Ava Berger, NPR, 28 May 2026 Activists say the real death toll may never be known, with users and small-time peddlers gunned down almost daily in mysterious slumland killings blamed on vigilantes and turf wars. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 May 2026 The consequences are visible in the rising numbers of street peddlers in Tehran. — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026 Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026 The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026 The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026 Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people. — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025

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Noun

That is the exact failure the gateway vendors position against, and also the risk that could shrink their own market.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
The celebration includes carnival rides, live music, food vendors and a fireworks show honoring the nation's 250th anniversary.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026

Definition of vendors

Noun

As its stock languishes below its IPO price — at press time, $131 — short sellers are going all in against the company, hoping to make a killing off of CEO Elon Musk’s faltering pull on investors.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026
Jeenah Moon | Reuters Short sellers are rapidly increasing their bets against SpaceX, driving bearish positioning to nearly one-third of the company's public float as the struggling stock hovers below its IPO offering price.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Definition of sellers

Noun

The company declined to name specific clients but said its customers include a mix of global merchants, payment providers, fintechs, and financial institutions.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Its comprehensive set of tools is packaged in a single platform, as opposed to other companies that require merchants to patch together different plugins for landing pages, inventory and checkout.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 14 July 2026

Definition of merchants

Noun

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

Definition of hawkers

Noun

The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 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

Noun

To address the hazard, Kia's new fix will be for dealers to install an electronic fuse assembly, free of charge — aimed at preventing ongoing operation of the seat motor if its switch becomes dislodged or otherwise damaged.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
During the late 1980s, the car passed though the hands of several respected sports-car dealers, and was twice-entered in the 1000-mile Mille Miglia Storica.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 10 July 2026

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